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After decades of waiting, OSHA has released its proposed standard on crystalline silica.

In this week’s OSHA Roundup, OSHA proposes a major – and long-awaited – rulemaking.

If the worker and consumer protection proposals signed into law decades ago were proposed today, would they pass? Ralph Nader doesn’t think so.

If you are like me and the millions of other workers who spend most of the workday sitting down, then you should know that your chair isn’t very healthy for you.

OSHA withdraws a controversial proposed rule. Read about it, and more, in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

OSHA issued a new recordkeeping rule and a draft of its strategic plan. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Days after the Chemical Safety Board called OSHA’s response to chemical safety recommendations “unacceptable,” a presidential order directs OSHA to review its standards. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

If you think OSHA penalties are too low, realize that they could be far lower, as is the case with our neighbors to the north.

What’s one of the lessons to glean from OSHA action against BP in recent years? According to assistant OSHA administrator Jordan Barab, it’s that “enforcement works.” But does it?