For employers, particularly those with multiple worksites, controlling corporate OSHA liability is generally a key goal. An employer that accepts a machine guarding violation at its Texas facility, ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: In an effort to significantly increase the number of citations and penalties it may issue during an inspection, OSHA has updated its enforcement procedures for inspections to permit ...

OSHA has issued its National Emergency Management Plan (NEMP), a new directive that clarifies the agency's policies during responses to national emergencies, ensuring personnel and logistical and ...

Responding to reports that OSHA is longer settling willful citations by re-categorizing them as "unclassified," Rich Fairfax, the agency's director of enforcement programs, insisted there has been no ...

John Henshaw didn’t know the legacy he would create in 2001, when he helped oversee the government response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Then the head of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health ...

BISMARCK – Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, along with Sen. Deb Fisher of Nebraska, have introduced a bipartisan bill called the Fertilizer Access and Responsible Management (FARM) Act that would force the ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced May 19 that it has adopted revised policies for enforcing its requirements with respect to the coronavirus ...

Members of the Glen Oaks Community College Board of Trustees Thursday discussed OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard compliance regarding COVID-19 vaccines and testing. Jamie Yesh, director of human ...