OSHA has cited a Best Buy Co. Inc. store in Duluth, Minnesota for five safety violations after a worker suffered severe head injuries from a fall in January.
A U.S. district court has upheld a subpoena issued by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration requesting documents from Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. concerning inspections and reports the company prepared for Haasbach LLC.
Of the nearly 3,000 bills introduced so far during the current congressional session, a relatively small number would have a direct impact on occupational health and safety. Aaron K. Trippler, Director of Government Affairs for the American Industrial Hygiene Association, released the following overview of pending OHS legislation, along with his predictions for passage of each bill.
People who have a good peer support system at work may live longer than people who don’t have such a support system, according research published by the American Psychological Association.
OSHA is inviting shutterbugs – both professional and amateur – to enter a nationwide photography contest with the theme of workplace safety and health.
A document offering guidance on handling titanium dioxide (TiO2) recently released by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) could have implications for occupational risk management that go beyond TiO2.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today released test results confirming preliminary conclusions that two flash fires which occurred at the Hoeganaes Corporation plant in Gallatin, Tennessee—one fatal—involved the combustion of iron powder which had accumulated throughout the facility and became airborne in combustible concentrations.
Opinions gathered recently from the business community by U.S. Representative Darrell Issa (R-Cal) will likely result in oversight hearings “sometime in the next few months,” according to Aaron K. Trippler, Director of Government Affairs for the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA).
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