OSHA has issued safety and health guidance to help small businesses comply with the agency's new hexavalent chromium, or Cr(VI), requirements for general industry, construction and shipyards.
OSHA has awarded more than $10 million in Susan Harwood Training Grants to 57 nonprofit organizations for safety and health training and educational programs.
The American Safety & Health Institute (ASHI), an association of professional safety and health educators, has introduced a buy-one-get-one-free offer on new CPR/AED, first aid and bloodborne pathogens instructor packages for compliance with 2005 emergency medical care guidelines.
A investigation in California by Cal-OSHA and the Oakland Tribune revealed that the contractor building the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge’s $1 billion replacement segment concealed worker injuries by not recording them when they occurred.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has released a revised American National Standard Institute (ANSI) A10.44-2006 standard, Control of Energy Sources (Lockout/Tagout) for Construction and Demolition Operations.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., announced that he will meet next week with a ten-man tunnel crew from the Architect of the Capitol (AoC) to hear complaints that they are not receiving adequate medical treatment for possible exposure to asbestos in the Capitol complex’s utility tunnels.
C.R. Meyer, a general contractor based in Oshkosh, Wis., is the first company to achieve "Star" status under OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) Challenge Pilot.
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