Twenty years ago, 25 workers died in a chicken plant fire in North Carolina. The tragedy caused a large upgrade of the state’s occupational safety agency. How is North Carolina OSHA doing now? [Read more…]
Report: Hire more OSHA inspectors
May 3, 2011 By 2 Comments
A nonprofit organization focused on workplace safety has called on California to lift a state freeze to hire more Cal-OSHA inspectors. [Read more…]
Inspectors didn’t have to go far to look into these incidents
April 1, 2011 By 3 Comments
You’ve probably heard about OSHA inspections in which the inspector “just happened to be driving by” a construction site, saw problems and decided to take a look. In this case, all the inspectors had to do was look outside their windows. [Read more…]
Top 10 dos and don’ts for OSHA inspections from 2 OSHA inspectors
August 2, 2010 By 16 Comments
Haven’t been inspected by OSHA, or, at least not recently? [Read more…]
New administrator says ‘OSHA is back’
June 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Some tough talk about enforcement from OSHA’s interim administrator, Jordan Barab. [Read more…]
