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OSHA continues its push to reduce communication tower-related deaths, and squares up its enforcement efforts for 2014.

President Barack Obama is due to present his fiscal year 2015 budget today. If we want to keep workers safe, OSHA is going to need a raise.

Getting employees to follow the rules – even those that keep them safe – is more difficult than simply having the desire to avoid injuries. Culture, leadership, organizational systems and other factors make up a complex system that interacts with, influences and guides workplace behavior.

Is it any stretch to think that adults who are verbally beaten down by co-workers may suffer psychological wounds? And if that’s the case, what responsibility do employers have to intervene?

Employers are responsible for ensuring the physical safety and health of their workers. Should they also take steps to ensure the mental well-being of their workers?

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OSHA’s recently proposed revision to its Recordkeeping Standard would require nearly half a million establishments to submit their injury and illness data. This is information employers already are required to keep – OSHA would simply collect it.

Office ergonomics is the theme of this month's Editor's Note.

Due to recent budgetary shortfalls and the length of time it takes federal OSHA to promulgate new rules, is it time for state occupational safety plans to step up their efforts to improve occupational safety?