A jury in Chicago has awarded the largest individual verdict in a popcorn lung disease case.

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Companies face two new workplace health and safety rules: one on food flavorings, another on combustible dust.

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Popcorn lung may not be limited to workers in popcorn factories, according to a recent report by an investigative journalist.

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OSHA isn’t the only federal safety and health agency that can come into your workplace to perform an investigation. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) can enter a facility to investigate threats against employee health and safety.

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It took exactly one day for OSHA under the new Obama administration to move forward on two proposed regulations.

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