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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:
“If you see something, say something.” That’s the message of a Department of Homeland Security’s public awareness campaign encouraging people to report suspicious behavior, and it could very well be the motto of workplace safety programs.
Days after the Chemical Safety Board called OSHA’s response to chemical safety recommendations “unacceptable,” a presidential order directs OSHA to review its standards. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.
We usually hear about traumatic brain injuries occurring on the football field or the battlefield, but athletes and soldiers aren’t the only ones whose jobs may put them at risk for TBI.
The Chemical Safety Board recently approved the launch of its Most Wanted Chemical Safety Improvements Program, with promulgation of a combustible dust standard as its first “most wanted” item. So what’s next?
The Department of Labor gets a new secretary and releases its semiannual regulatory agenda. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.