April 28, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Today (April 28, 2013) is Workers’ Memorial Day. The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) has made a series of recommendations to reduce the number of workplace fatalities, which still number more than 4,000 per year in the U.S.
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Tags: injury and illness prevention program, National COSH, workers' memorial day, workplace fatalities
April 1, 2013 by Fred Hosier
A bill in the Indiana legislature would make it illegal to photograph or record video of a workplace hazard at a farm or industrial operation and use the pictures to defame or harm the business. What effect might this have on occupational safety and health?
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Tags: Ag Gag bill, Indiana legislature, photograph hazard, whistleblower
February 6, 2013 by Fred Hosier
While the transition to OSHA’s new Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) happens in 2015, businesses face a deadline this year that involves employee training.
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Tags: Globally Harmonized Standard, hazcom training, OSHA Hazard Communication Standard, safety data sheets
January 9, 2013 by Fred Hosier
You’ve heard the argument that too many federal safety regulations hurt businesses. But recent research says a safety crackdown and new regulation in one industry has helped companies thrive.
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Tags: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, new safety regulations, unsafe bus companies
January 7, 2013 by Fred Hosier
The federal government has released its revised regulatory agenda. It lists 10 new or revised OSHA rules for 2013, with more to come in future years.
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Tags: i2p2, OSHA regulations, OSHA rules, regulatory agenda
August 7, 2012 by Fred Hosier
Cass Sunstein is leaving as head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the Obama administration. What could that mean for OSHA regulations if Obama wins a second term?
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Tags: Cass Sunstein, David Michaels, new OSHA regulations, OIRA
June 18, 2012 by Fred Hosier
What is the likelihood that, if re-elected, President Obama’s OSHA will rush through a bunch of new occupational safety standards?
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Tags: David Michaels, new OSHA regulations, PELs, Safety 2012
April 23, 2012 by Fred Hosier
A report to Congress from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) calls the process for creating a new OSHA regulation “protracted” and “lengthy.”
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Tags: General Duty Clause, Government Accountability Office, OSHA regulations, OSHA rulemaking, permissible exposure limits
March 21, 2012 by Fred Hosier
To find out what’s in OSHA’s revised Hazard Communication Standard (HCS), you can read this 280-word story or the 858 pages that appeared in the Federal Register. We’ll also give you a link to the FR notice just in case.
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Tags: Globally Harmonized System, hazard communication, hazcom, material safety data sheets
March 12, 2012 by Fred Hosier
When Congress eliminated OSHA’s ergonomics rule in 2001, it was also generally understood that the agency could not issue a new rule that was “substantially the same” as the old one. But what if a new ergonomics rule wasn’t substantially the same?
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Tags: Congressional Review Act, cost-benefit analysis, new ergonomics standard, University of Pennsylvania Law School
