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Companies that improved their reputations in the eyes of the public from 1999 to 2000 also increased their market value.

Of the 45 companies studied, the bottom five were ...

There’s now a question whether OSHA’s new injury and illness recordkeeping requirements, years in the making and scheduled to go into effect January 1, 2002, will in fact take effect on that date.

Ninety percent of ISHN readers surveyed recently use regulatory compliance requirements to describe the value of their safety and health efforts to executive management.

Since 1993, truck drivers have experienced the largest number of injuries and illnesses requiring time away from work, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Alan C. McMillan has been named president and chief executive officer of the National Safety Council.

President George W. Bush intends to nominate Dave D. Lauriski to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health at the Department of Labor.

Arguing that OSHA’s new recordkeeping rule is “arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion,” the National Association of Manufacturers went to court March 19 seeking to have the requirements thrown out.

Sen. John Breaux (D-La.) has introduced a bipartisan bill to address ergonomic injuries in the workplace.

For the first time ever, lawsuits have been filed attacking the basis and legality of voluntary Threshold Limit Values set by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.