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OSHA Roundup for Oct. 20, 2014

OSHA and the Federal Communications Commission recently joined together to address tower worker safety. Read about this story and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Stakeholders speak out on OSHA’s proposed takeover of Arizona’s construction industry

Back in August, OSHA proposed revoking Arizona’s oversight of the state’s construction industry because of a dispute regarding its fall protection standard. Stakeholders have weighed in on that proposal.

OSHA Roundup for Oct. 13, 2014

A chemical safety dialogue between OSHA and stakeholders has begun. Read about this story and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Ebola in America: No cause for panic

With news of the first patient being diagnosed with Ebola in the United States during the disease’s worst outbreak since its discovery, some anxiety is in the air. But there needn’t be.
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OSHA Roundup for Oct. 6, 2014

Arizona responds to federal allegations that the State Plan state’s construction fall protection standard is not as effective as OSHA. Read this story and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Michaels says study on cost of regulations is ‘garbage’

OSHA administrator David Michaels called a recent study into the cost of regulations “unfounded,” but the organization that commissioned the study stands by its claims.

OSHA Roundup for Sept. 29, 2014

OSHA has delayed the compliance date for its crane operator certification requirement. Read this story and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Washington Update: Safe contracting

Employees working under federal contractors may find their workplaces getting safer, if a new Executive Order pans out the way some worker safety advocates hope.
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Editor’s Note: Hoping for a ‘win-win’

A few years ago, when Safety+Health published an article about what some employers are doing to accommodate aging workers, I shared in this column the story of a relative by marriage who has worked most of his adult life in a manufacturing plant, and the toll the physical labor has taken on his body.

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