Dubious Employee Records Data Clouds Job Safety Gains Executives at Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. were jubilant. The big packaging company, a self-proclaimed leader in workplace safety, had smashed its own record…
The Department of Industrial Relations Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DIR/DOSH) reminds all California employees of their requirement to post at their place of business a list of job-related…
Heat Illness Prevention Get ready for the heat, and the check box on the OSHA inspector's check list for written programs: Since Cal OSHA instituted the heat illness prevention requirements,…
California occupational safety officials have issued one of their agency's largest group of fines ever, $230,535 to Bimbo Bakeries for failing to fix safety violations that led to amputation of…
Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Every 2 Years Did You Know… Supervisors are required to go through a two-hour sexual Harassment Prevention training every 2 years? Sexual harassment legislation in California…
The handling of a patient with bacterial meningitis landed an Alta Bates Summit Medical Center employee and an Oakland police officer in intensive care and prompted California's Division of Occupational…
OSHA's Effect in the Workplace The Occupational Safety and Health Administration aims to ensure employee safety and health in the United States by working with employers and employees to create…
Is your respirator safe or is there a risk for you or your employer? What can you do when I'm trying to find out whether or not my HR representative…
Every year since 1996 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has collected work-related injury and illness data from more than 80,000 employers. For the first time, the agency has…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold three informal public hearings to accept comments and testimony on the proposed rule to align the agency's Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) with…