While ergonomics remains a hot occupations safety topic nationally, at least one state has passed a bill preventing state-level regulators from issuing a workplace ergonomic standard.
People who have high blood pressure readings at the doctor’s office and normal readings at home may have “white coat” hypertension, according to a new study reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association
Staff attorneys recently hired in the Philadelphia, Atlanta and Denver Regional Offices of the Solicitor have made “tremendous progress” in reducing a backlog of contested cases pending before the Mine Safety and Health Review, according to the Department of Labor (DOL).
The U.S. Department of Labor has reached an agreement with Shawnee-based Modern Oil Co. Inc., doing business as Kwick Stop Convenience Stores, and Sparkman Brothers Inc., resolving a lawsuit filed by the department alleging that the company illegally terminated a cashier because of a safety complaint made to the supervisor and to the department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
A judge last week upheld OSHA citations and penalties against Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., finding that the management of a Wal-Mart store in Valley Stream, N.Y. failed to provide adequate crowd control during a sale, resulting in a worker being trampled to death by shoppers in 2008.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) today announced that federal inspectors issued 166 citations and orders during special impact inspections conducted at seven coal mines and one dimension stone quarry last month.
More than 5,000 students who entered the Construction Education Foundation of Georgia’s (CEFGA) CareerExpo and SkillsUSA competition got some unusual souvenirs – and hands-on construction experience they won’t forget.
Although the majority of employed adults are satisfied with their jobs, fewer report being satisfied with specifics such as opportunities for advancement, flexibility, and employee recognition, according to a study just released by the American Psychological Association.
In a speech before the American Bar Association earlier this month, OSHA chief Dr. David Michaels said that workplaces have become much safer during the agency’s forty year existence. In 1970, there were 38 workers killed on the job daily in the U.S., compared with 12 fatalities per day in 2011.
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