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A subsector of the transportation and warehousing industry, truck transportation covers the transportation of cargo using trucks and tractor trailers.

Many of us learn from a young age that cooperation and trust are keys to achieving our goals. The Chemical Safety Board operates in much the same way.

In this week’s OSHA Roundup, OSHA proposes a major – and long-awaited – rulemaking.

If the worker and consumer protection proposals signed into law decades ago were proposed today, would they pass? Ralph Nader doesn’t think so.

If you are like me and the millions of other workers who spend most of the workday sitting down, then you should know that your chair isn’t very healthy for you.

OSHA withdraws a controversial proposed rule. Read about it, and more, in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Give your opinion on regulatory delays and leave a comment.

This week I’m continuing the conversation about reasons why workers hold back from reporting injuries. Much like the Canadian study on young workers I wrote about last week, a new study from the AFL-CIO-affiliated Center for Construction Research and Training concludes that fear of losing work may cause construction workers not to report injuries.

A presidential executive order has called for increased collaboration regarding chemical facility safety and security, and a review of OSHA’s Process Safety Management Standard, among other things. Several stakeholders have voiced support for the order, and here’s what they are saying:

OSHA issued a new recordkeeping rule and a draft of its strategic plan. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.