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Is OSHA effective?

Entry supervisors and attendants assess degree of risk and decide who shall and who shall not enter your confined spaces, and for what reason.

For all of you wondering if the Internet has any value, check out a recent addition to OSHA's homepage on the World Wide Web (http://www.osha.gov/).

After a decade of hearing complaints about inaccurate, complicated, and shallow material safety data sheets, OSHA decided to take a second look at its hazard communication standard in 1995.

OSHA plans to unveil a national inspection targeting program model after the Maine 200 "cooperative compliance program" started in 1993.

"Sick building syndrome is a myth" reads the headline on a Royal College of Psychiatrists' press release.

The 1990s have been something of a let down for the environmental health and safety field.

Don't be surprised if you get an offer to eliminate part of your EPA penalty if your company undertakes environmental projects.

When people are in a good mood, they're more apt to actively care for the safety or health of another person.

Depending who you ask, OSHA reform legislation that is ambling its way through Congress right now is either a potential boon or a booby trap for health and safety consultants.