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ANSI Board of Standards Review has rejected the appeal brought by the Construction Industry Employer Coalition to withdraw the adoption of ANSI/ASSE A10.40-2007.

John S. Bresland will serve a five-year term as chairman and chief executive officer of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board.

Company with a history of fall protection violations faces $54,500 in fines from OSHA for repeat and serious safety violations.

New OSHA partnership promotes the value of professional safety certification.

The alliance will have an emphasis on reducing and preventing catastrophic and serious injuries, as well as focus on ergonomic hazards.

Under this revised NEP, each Area OSHA Office is expected to inspect at least four facilities for combustible dust hazards each fiscal year.

Documents raise new questions about how much federal officials knew about health hazards associated with FEMA trailers issued to hurrican victims.

Preliminary findings show the company had no program for reducing risks from industrial dust, and employees received little or no training on the hazard, said CSB's Wright.

Heavy fog helped cause a 200 car pile-up on a highway in the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) worst road accident.

Unprecedented national audit of U.S. refineries has so far resulted in 146 violations; a total of 81 facilities will be targeted.