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OSHA temporarily sidelined its pursuit of an Injury and Illness Prevention Program Standard. Is this a reflection of an agency having to pick and choose its priorities, or is it an indication of a larger trend?

OSHA updates the president on chemical facility safety and considers an emergency responder rulemaking. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

The circumstances and causes of industrial disasters can sometimes be confusing. Here’s one way to get a clearer picture.

OSHA unveils its regulatory plan and intentions to issue new rules by year’s end. Learn what regulations the agency is pursuing in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

As safety leaders, we focus on helping our organizations become and stay safe. We strive to understand the exposures employees face and find ways of systematically reducing them. We pride ourselves on building cultures that won’t tolerate risk, and developing leaders who carry that mission forward every day.

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From almost the moment he took the reins at OSHA, administrator David Michaels has called an Injury and Illness Prevention Program Standard his “No. 1 priority.” But the recently released Department of Labor regulatory agenda suggests that is no longer the case.

Will another state create its own occupational safety and health program? Kansas mulls its options. Read about this story and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Safety+Health takes a region-by-region look at injury statistics, this month with OSHA Region 5. Read a listing of the region's emphasis programs and fatality and injury counts by state.

For nearly three weeks, OSHA listened to stakeholders’ concerns and input during a series of hearings on the agency’s proposed crystalline silica rule. The end result, the agency hopes, is a final rule that better protects workers from the potentially deadly dust.