Regulations/Legislation

Washington — OSHA has issued a clarification on a table in its Hazard Communication Standard (1910.1200), the agency announced in a notice published Feb....

Washington — The American Trucking Associations is commending multiple industry safety provisions – including $200 million in federal funding for truck parking – that are...

Frankfort, KY — Legislation intended to clarify criminal trespass laws to enhance worker safety in Kentucky has advanced out of the state House. Sponsored by...

Washington — Bipartisan legislation recently reintroduced in the House is intended to expand trucking companies’ access to driver safety records – and also make...

Washington — The National Safety Council is commending ASTM for updating its standard on serious incident and fatality prevention, which NSC says will “help...

Washington — Under legislation recently reintroduced in the Senate, agricultural and livestock haulers would receive extended exemptions from Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration hours-of-service...

Washington — Advancing in the House: a bipartisan bill that would mandate a compliance report on an existing law that requires new multiline phone...

Sacramento, CA — A new California law aimed at curbing cases of silicosis among workers who cut, grind, polish and drill stone countertops is now in effect.

Washington — Congress has passed a set of appropriations bills that includes $14 million for the Chemical Safety Board.

Washington — Should the stone slab industry be protected from “abusive litigation” or should it substitute engineered stone with a product that creates less silica dust?