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Final rule prohibits pressuring truck, bus drivers to violate safety regs

November 30, 2015

Washington – Commercial truck and bus drivers who feel pressured to violate safety regulations to keep their jobs now have added protections from the government.

A silica rule in February? OSHA regulatory agenda released

November 30, 2015

Washington – OSHA’s final rule on silica could come as early as February, according to the fall regulatory agenda released Nov. 19.

CSB provides timeline for investigations

November 30, 2015

Washington – The Chemical Safety Board is nearing the completion of four major investigations and making progress on several others, agency leaders reported during a Nov. 23 public meeting.

MSHA unveils new website; seeks feedback

November 30, 2015

Arlington, VA – The Mine Safety and Health Administration is looking for feedback on its new website.

OSHA's Top 10 most cited violations

Growing data and changing inspection strategies

November 22, 2015

Kyle W. Morrison

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Safety+Health presents OSHA’s most frequently cited violations for fiscal year 2015. Also: the annual “penalty box” detailing the year’s largest fines, and an exclusive interview with an official from OSHA’s Directorate of Enforcement on the agency’s new reporting requirement and what a new weighted inspection system means for employers.

Inspector General to OSHA: More work needed to improve effectiveness

November 18, 2015

Washington – OSHA continues to lack means to measure the effectiveness of its programs and struggles with how best to use its limited resources, according to a report from the Department of Labor Office of Inspector General.

OSHA issues fact sheets on agricultural, maritime safety

November 18, 2015

Washington – OSHA has released new fact sheets for workers in the agriculture and maritime industries.

NHTSA: Put passenger safety belts on all school buses

November 11, 2015

Richmond, VA – Every child riding a school bus should be secured with a three-point safety belt, the head of one U.S. transportation safety agency said over the weekend.

OSHA fines to increase significantly

November 5, 2015

Washington – OSHA fines will increase for the first time in a quarter century, under a provision in the recently signed congressional budget deal.

OSHA delays enforcement of new PSM policy; lawmakers call for formal rulemaking

October 29, 2015

Washington – OSHA will delay enforcing a new interpretation of its Process Safety Management Standard, prompting a bipartisan group of lawmakers to call for the agency to withdraw that interpretation.