Weekly OSHA Roundup

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The proposed budget for OSHA has been released, and the comment period for a proposed agency standard was given an extension. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

OSHA continues its push to reduce communication tower-related deaths, and squares up its enforcement efforts for 2014.

Industry stakeholder groups voice strong opposition to OSHA’s proposed silica rule as the comment period comes to a close. Read about this story and many others in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Stakeholders raise concerns over OSHA’s “sub-regulatory” actions, and State Plan states may take occupational safety steps in the absence of federal action. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

OSHA officially has a new assistant administrator. Read about Dorothy Dougherty and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

OSHA's and other safety agencies’ budgets are set for fiscal year 2014. Learn what the funding levels are, and more, in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Appropriation committees agree on OSHA’s budget, and the agency moves forward on safety initiatives for hospital workers and workers that encounter silica. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Two OSHA rules move forward in the regulatory process, and the agency’s effectiveness is brought into question. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

New, separate reports shed light on faults in OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs and suggest the federal government contracts with less-than-safe employers. Read about these stories and more in the first OSHA Roundup of 2014.

OSHA’s pursuit of an updated Process Safety Management Standard moves forward. Read this story and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.