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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.

Would you pay for something that’s available for free? Some people in the safety community do, and it could be the result of a scam.

Creating a Reader Panel is the topic of this month's Editor's Note.

OSHA requires State Plan programs to be “at least as effective” as federal OSHA. Recently, one state allegedly failed to meet that criterion, and it raises an important question that – shockingly – still has no good answer: What is OSHA’s definition of “effectiveness”?

Is Arizona’s State Plan program meeting federal standards? The state responds to federal OSHA threatening to take over construction safety oversight. Read about this story and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Sean Barrett was a terrazzo worker for 20 years before silica dust took the wind out of his lungs and sidelined him.

An OSHA workgroup offers input on temporary worker safety, and a union publishes its annual injury report. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Occasionally, someone says something about safety I find noteworthy. In today’s post, OSHA administrator David Michaels explains why certain legislative changes need to be made to his agency’s whistleblower statute.

Workers’ Memorial Day prompted a congressional hearing on whistleblower protections and a call for better protecting workers from chemicals. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Three years ago, the first baby boomers reached retirement age, officially launching the demographic shift that will change the workforce as we know it. But it is not just a shortage of people that is driving change; it is a shortage of skills.