The Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has rules that protect workers against extremely unlikely events, but no rules to protect workers from some more likely hazards. We ...

BOISE, Idaho — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is proposing a new federal rule that would provide protection from the heat for people working outside. The past few days have ...

Here are three frequently asked questions about OSHA’s rules concerning regulated waste and the federal agency’s responses to those questions. OSHA: The Bloodborne Pathogens Standard uses the term, ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) last week released the final version of a set of workplace ergonomic standards aimed partly at reducing the repetitive-motion injuries that ...

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Oregon farm workers may be looking forward to better living conditions, but it’ll come at a cost that some farmers say they’re not prepared to pay. The Oregon Occupational ...

WASHINGTON – It's long been a conservative dream: shrinking the federal government. And on Friday, part of the dream came true: the Supreme Court tossed a 40-year principle that boosted the power of ...

It's no secret that the Bush administration prefers voluntary, collaborative efforts on the part of companies to improve their safety records. Since the administration took over in 2001, the Labor ...

Rethink your attitude toward Occupational Safety and Health Administration and inspections. How you prepare for and respond ...

Aug. 8—WATERTOWN — Watertown Fire Commissioner Warren Day is convinced that the future of small, rural volunteer fire departments is at stake if proposed federal Occupational Safety and Health ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KABC) -- Conflicted California workplace regulators approved controversial rules that allow workers to go maskless only if every employee in a room is fully vaccinated against the ...