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Comments for OSHA about its ergonomics standard proposal.

An OSHA advisory group will meet in April to review draft recommendations for improving OSHA's method of setting standards.

The American Society of Safety Engineers has alerted its 33,000 members about potentially deadly cylinders of class D breathing air often used when working in a confined space.

Almost two months of hearings on OSHA's proposed ergonomics rule got started on March 13 in Washington.

Toxic chemicals in diesel exhausts from trucks and buses are responsible for at least 125,000 cancers over a lifetime.

Brownwood Furniture will pay a $115,000 penalty to settle alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act.

Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control studied 50 family movies and found that the big screen isn't projecting many safety messages to impressionable kids.

Nursing homes dominate the list of the most dangerous workplaces in the U.S., according to the Service Employees International Union.

OSHA estimates that 750,000 construction workers are bombarded by harmful noise levels.

OSHA chief Charles Jeffress recently outlined top priorities to Congress for the next fiscal year.