Every year OSHA’s penalties increase at the rate of inflation, but this year the Office of Management and Budget ruled out an increase on a technicality.
In 2022, the latest data available, the injury and illness rate in the warehouse sector stood at 4.8 cases per 100 full-time workers, compared to 2.7 across industry as a whole.
The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed more than $3.5 million in fines against three companies after federal inspectors determined they failed to protect workers during post-emergency response cleanup after a chemical spill at the BWC Terminals industrial facility in Channelview.
A safety data sheet library that registers as complete on an internal audit can look very different to an OSHA compliance officer working through the facility's chemical inventory one product at a time.
With warming trends now documented across 41 states and heatwaves occurring at roughly twice the frequency seen in the 1960s, an issue that used to be limited to certain seasons is now emerging as an ongoing occupational risk.
Adverse health conditions tied to psychosocial risk hazards may contribute globally to more than 840,000 worker deaths annually, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO).
In construction, manufacturing, and other high-exertion industries, heat exposure is predictable, measurable, and something we see season after season. Yet many heat illness prevention efforts still focus primarily on what happens during the work shift.
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