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OSHA educates its inspectors on enforcing the agency’s cranes standard, and Utah launches a new emphasis program. Learn more about these stories and other news in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Desk jobs can be real killers, and standing desks are becoming more and more popular. But would you pay $4,000 for one?

OSHA lays out its chemical hazard plans and stakeholders debate a potential injury prevention standard during a recent American Industrial Hygiene Association conference. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

OSHA has a problem with outdated permissible exposure limits. But what’s the solution?

OSHA and the Federal Communications Commission recently joined together to address tower worker safety. Read about this story and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

A chemical safety dialogue between OSHA and stakeholders has begun. Read about this story and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

With news of the first patient being diagnosed with Ebola in the United States during the disease’s worst outbreak since its discovery, some anxiety is in the air. But there needn’t be.

Arizona responds to federal allegations that the State Plan state’s construction fall protection standard is not as effective as OSHA. Read this story and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

OSHA administrator David Michaels called a recent study into the cost of regulations “unfounded,” but the organization that commissioned the study stands by its claims.

OSHA has delayed the compliance date for its crane operator certification requirement. Read this story and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.