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March is National Ladder Safety Month – the perfect time to take our quiz on safe use of ladders! Let’s see how you do.

Veteran safety pro/speaker/podcaster/columnist Richard Hawk joins the podcast to discuss conflict resolution skills in the “Five Questions With …” segment. We also discuss content from the January issue of Safety+Health, including feature stories on OSHA’s latest batch of most interesting cases and overlooked winter hazards for workers.

Washington — The eighth annual Safe + Sound Week, a national initiative aimed at promoting awareness and understanding of workplace safety and health programs, is set for Aug. 11-17.

The agency conducts around 35,000 workplace inspections each year. Not surprisingly, some cases stand out more than others.

Read the new OSHA's Top 10, the most frequently cited standards for fiscal year 2023, in the December issue of Safety+Health. Then, guess which industries had the most citations.

“Some people are not aware that they are dealing with a combustible dust because it might not have caused them any trouble in the past and is a seemingly innocuous material,” one expert says.

Boston — OSHA’s Boston regional office recently renewed some of its Regional Emphasis Programs.

Washington — Musculoskeletal disorders are overwhelmingly the No. 1 cause of injuries among warehousing and “last-mile delivery” workers, according to a Government Accountability Office report released Oct. 8.

Washington — Three OSHA regions have continued or established a set of emphasis programs, the agency recently announced.

Washington — OSHA has finalized changes that restructure the agency’s regional operations – and create a new region.