OSHA News

The new service, SafetySmart Compliance, makes it easy for the 7 million OSHA-regulated work-sites in the US to stay on top of the latest safety compliance laws, standards, and regulatory guidance by providing plain-English interpretation, practical advice, and easy-to-use downloadable tools.

Electrician INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICIAN Navistar, a $15B/year global producer of Trucks, Buses, Military Vehicles, RVs, Custom Chassis and MaxxForceTM brand Engines, seeks a qualified Journeyman Industrial Electrician for its Melrose Park location.

York County School of Technology is now accepting applications for the March sessions of the Woman in Apprenticeships and Nontraditional Occupations, WANTO, program.

How can you tell if a co-worker might have a substance abuse problem, and what should you do about it? Here are tips from experts: Watch for signs: According to the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, indications that an employee might have a substance abuse problem include work absences without notification, frequent disappearances from the ... (more)

While labor unions' growing expertise and involvement in workplace health and safety can spark clashes with U.S. companies, such efforts also have driven collaborative efforts with employers that bring improvements for workers and the companies.

The National Demolition Association's 'Demolition Academy' slated for March 9 and 10, is scheduled immediately before this year's NDA Annual Convention in Texas.

An East Baton Rouge Parish Library Career Center seminar titled "How to Recession-Proof Your Job and Career" will be from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday at the Bluebonnet Library branch at 9200 Bluebonnet Blvd.

ChemBark reflected on the too-short lives of chemists Sheri Sangji and Jason Altom: "so long as we forgo meaningful changes in favor of cosmetic ones that we don't even bother to sustain anyway, we will continue to experience frustration and tragedy" In Science's Taken for Granted column, How to live with danger : "When properly trained for the ... (more)

Some proposed changes to the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act would weaken federal safety enforcement regulations and put workers and residents where hazardous chemicals and materials are produced at risk, opponents say.

Indiana State fair officials, the stagehands union and a company that built the roof and lights rigging for a massive concert platform all share blame for last summer's deadly stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair , according to a government investigation.

The Chamber for Small Enterprises, GRTU, protested against the way in which penalties were imposed at random by the Occupational Health and Safety Authority.

INDIANAPOLIS &#8212 High winds. Lightning. Hail. A severe thunderstorm warning. A huge crowd waits for country duo Sugarland to take the stage.

Deep River First Selectman Dick Smith is a happy man. He has convinced a high tech firm, which manufactures disinfectant medical machines, to move from Chester to Deep River.

Feb. 10 -- An Everett, Mass., scrap metal dealer is facing 10 workplace safety violations after two workers were injured.

Brad Carr, president of Integrated Environmental Solutions , Winston-Salem, N.C., will speak at the Southeast Recycling Conference & Expo March 14, 2012, about ways to avoid Occupational Health and Safety Administration fines from fugitive combustible dust and fiber.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Pacific Stevedoring Services, a longshoring company based in Pago Pago, American Samoa, with five safety violations following the death of a worker at the StarKist wharf in Atu'u, American Samoa.

In a photograph published in Wednesday's News Sentinel, KUB contract workers Raymond Lowery, bottom, and Cody Brabston work to alleviate sewer overflows in Mechanicsville.

Because of recent advances in genomics and other fields of science, biopharmaceutical companies and CMOs are producing medications that are much more potent than their predecessors.

BP Plc won a court order to keep references to some previous accidents out of this month's trial to assess blame for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the oil company's second victory in as many days to bar potentially damaging evidence.

A middle-aged man operating heavy equipment on a homesite under construction in a south Forsyth County subdivision was killed Thursday morning, according to authorities.