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NIOSH has published an online resource to help small businesses manage safety and health responsibilities.

Brussels – OSHA is looking to collaborate with, and follow in the footsteps of, the European Union, agency administrator David Michaels said during a recent speech.

Hamilton, Ontario – Recent immigrants to Canada who are overly educated for their jobs are more likely to be injured than workers who are appropriately educated and have been in the country for some time, according to a new study from the School of Labour Studies at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

Washington – A draft of a House appropriations bill generally maintains current funding levels for both OSHA and the Mine Safety and Health Administration, but includes provisions prohibiting the development of key agency regulations.

2012 NSC Congress & Expo: Early registration deadline is Friday

Although people likely always will disagree about certain DOL practices and regulatory actions, the positive impact the department has had on the country’s workforce is hard to deny.

This week’s OSHA Roundup includes news of BP resolving more than 400 OSHA citations and agreeing to pay $13 million in penalties, and worksites being accused of having crushing hazards and dangerous chemical exposures.

Washington – President Barack Obama on July 6 signed into law a multiyear bill that will fund surface transportation safety agencies and programs through September 2014.

Washington – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is scheduled to host a hearing July 24 on a recent notice of proposed rulemaking that would mandate the installation of electronic stability control devices in all large commercial motor vehicles.

Atlanta – The rate of overdose deaths involving the prescription drug methadone in 2009 was 5.5 times the rate in 1999, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.