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Washington — President Donald Trump has nominated Wayne Palmer to lead the Mine Safety and Health Administration.

Washington — President Donald Trump has nominated former UPS and Amazon safety executive David Keeling to lead OSHA.

Washington — OSHA is no longer enforcing its COVID-19 recordkeeping and reporting requirements, the agency announced in a Feb. 5 memo.

Boston — Spurred by three fatal incidents involving four roadway workers over the past year or so, the Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program has issued a statewide safety alert.

New York — Pitchers traditionally report to Major League Baseball spring training camps by mid-February to ramp up throwing programs. But a recent MLB report shows that overwork during the offseason is making today’s pitchers more likely to get injured before the regular season even starts.

Washington — Citing technological advancements, a recent NIOSH policy update calls on employers to use “individual, quantitative fit testing” to assess the effectiveness of workers’ hearing protection devices.

Washington — The Department of Health and Human Services is including fentanyl in its drug testing panels for federal workplace programs.

Washington — A federal judge has denied a motion, filed by a group of labor unions, to stop the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing nonpublic Department of Labor information and data.

Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency is taking several actions, including a partial ban, to protect workers against exposure to ethylene oxide, under a new interim registration review decision.

Watertown, SD — Communications tower industry stakeholders concerned about possible fraudulent worker training certifications can use technology as a screening tool, according to a new video from NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association.