Citing a stakeholder’s request, OSHA is reopening the rulemaking record to extend the comment period on revising the recordkeeping and reporting requirements for work-related injuries and illnesses.

1 — Safety is playing a more significant role in operations. Over the past five years, the role of safety management has been redefined.

What are two practices that characterize companies with the best safety records?

An OSHA inspection begun after a worker was found dead inside a rotating drum assembly at Refuse Recycling in Marietta, Ohio, has resulted in 21 safety citations against Marietta Industrial Enterprises, Inc., which operates the facility.

OSHA has cited ABC Coke in Birmingham, Alabama for 27 safety and health violations following the death of a worker in March.

OSHA is suing a Massachusets dentist who allegedly terminated an employee for raising concerns about contaminated needle disposal.

A Rochester, NY contractor who disposed of asbestos illegally, exposed untrained workers to the substance and lied to an OSHA inspector has been sentenced to six years in prison.

I really like the idea of reinventing OSHA. I think OSHA is good, but public perception is mostly negative. 

A Massachusets adhesives manufacturer is facing more than $900,000 in fines for 50 safety violations, following an explosion at its Middleton plant that injured four workers.