These efforts include educating employers and workers about recognizing and responding to opioid overdoses. Opioids include prescription pain medications and illicit drugs, and an overdose in the ...

The volume and complexity of OSHA standards make it difficult to find training requirements and identify which ones apply to your worksite and workers. Required training subjects for your employees ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was established by the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) of 1970, which took effect in 1971. OSHA’s mission is to ...

The role of OSHA in workplace safety. OSHA is a federal agency that sets and enforces workplace safety and health standards. OSHA's mission is to ensure safe and healthful working conditions by ...

Last week, we reported that OSHA announced that it is launching a Safety Champions Program. This program is aligned with other initiatives that OSHA has recently announced, which emphasize working ...

Each year, OSHA’s top 10 most frequently cited standards underscore many of the same issues across industries, from inadequate fall protection to poor lockout / tagout procedures. Familiarity can ...

A basic task for managing a business often includes complying with the fire and safety standards set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Nearly every employer and employee throughout ...

OSHA staff found some nonconformances during a 2025 on-site review, which the agency said the company has since addressed, ...

Henry Antonio Marmol Martinez, a 52-year-old maintenance mechanic and father of six, was crushed to death at the McWane ...

Sacramento, CA — A new law in California changes the thresholds for Division of Occupational Safety and Health investigations ...

OSHA inspectors on Monday visited Amazon sites in New York, Colorado and Idaho with the widening of a probe into potential workplace hazards, according to a document viewed by CNBC. Last month, OSHA ...