OSHA News Releases:
- US Department of Labor fines Des Plaines solar contractor $288K in penalties for exposing workers to deadly fall hazards
- US Department of Labor finds contractor’s safety failures led to diver’s preventable fatality at underwater worksite at Manns Harbor bridge
- US Department of Labor announces release of detailed 2023 case data on more than 890K injuries, illnesses at over 91K workplaces
- Department of Labor finalizes rule on proper fit requirements for personal protective equipment in construction
- US Department of Labor finds safety failures by Marietta tree trimming contractor led to arborist’s electrocution
- Department of Labor investigation into worker’s serious injuries finds healthcare facility’s operator again failed to protect employees from patient violence
- Department of Labor takes critical step in heat safety rulemaking, continues heightened enforcement efforts, focuses on dangers to agricultural workers
- Department of Labor plans to restructure workplace safety, health regional operations strategically to protect workers
- Settlement affirms willful OSHA violations, $215K penalties, against contractors for fall hazards at multiple New Jersey work sites
- St. Louis contractor faces $258K in fines after exposing roofing workers to potentially deadly fall hazards 5 times in 7 weeks at Wentzville worksites
- Department of Labor cites goods transport provider after truck strikes grain yard manager, weeks after federal inspectors warn of hazards
- Department of Labor again cites Hanover Foods for exposing workers to dozens of safety, health hazards; proposes $761K in penalties
- Tamuning contractor faces $1M in penalties after federal inspectors find employees again exposed to potentially fatal trench hazards
- US Department of Labor cites 2 Florida construction contractors after finding lack of crane safety protocols led to 37-year-old employee’s fatal injuries
- Department of Labor releases 2023 injury, illness data
OSHA Directives:
- Regional Local Emphasis Program – Noise Hazards
- OSHA Authority Over Vessels and Facilities on or Adjacent to U.S. Navigable Waters and on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)
- Local Emphasis Program for Federal Agencies
- Regional Emphasis Program for Powered Industrial Trucks
- Regional Emphasis Program for Noise Hazards
- Cancellation of PER 04-00-004 Hearing Conservation Program
- OSHA Safety and Health Management System, Chapter 16, Hearing Conservation Program, UPDATED
- Cancellation of TED 01-00-016 Procedures for Updating OSHA Technical Manual
- Cancellation of STD 03-12-003 Guidelines on the Stability of Well Servicing Derricks
- Cancellation of TED 01-00-014 Guidelines for Developing OSHA Technical Manual
- Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals
- Cancellation of IPC 00-00-002 OSHA Magazine – Job Safety and Health Quarterly
- Regional Emphasis Program for Landscaping Inspections
OSHA Quick Takes:
- QuickTakes 12/16/2024
- QuickTakes 12/2/2024
- QuickTakes 11/18/2024
- QuickTakes 11/1/2024
- QuickTakes 10/17/2024
- QuickTakes 10/1/2024
- QuickTakes 9/17/2024
- QuickTakes 9/3/2024
- QuickTakes 8/16/2024
- QuickTakes 8/2/2024
- QuickTakes 7/16/2024
- QuickTakes 7/2/2024
- QuickTakes 6/17/2024
- QuickTakes 6/4/2024
- QuickTakes 5/15/2024
Interpretations:
- European Commercial Metric (C-type) tires for commercial cargo vans
- Applicability of OSHA's definition of oxygen-deficient atmosphere to Air Force facilities
- Requirements of Mobile Ladder Stand Platforms Used to Access CNC Machines
- Fall Protection on low slope roofs
- Cranes and the use of protective helmets
- Enforcement Guidance Under OSHA's Recordkeeping Regulation When First Aid, Active Release Techniques (ART), and Exercise/Stretching Are Used to Treat Musculoskeletal Injuries and Illnesses
- Update to Enforcement Procedures for Failure to Submit Electronic Illness and Injury Records under 29 CFR 1904.41(a)(1) and (a)(2)
- Suspended scaffold and fall protection requirements applicable to elevator construction
- OSHA policy for laboratory analysis of wall deposits on the inside of an air sample cassette
- Application of OSHA standards when an employer is using the "Focused Electrode Leak Locator" (FELL)
- Updating OSHA's Lead Standards' requirements for medical removal of employees based on hazardous blood lead levels
- OSHA Noise PEL and extended workshifts
OSHA Federal Registers
- Personal Protective Equipment in Construction
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Respiratory Protection Standard
- Construction Standards on Posting Emergency Telephone Numbers and Floor Load Limits; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Material Hoists, Personnel Hoists, and Elevators
- Servicing Multi-Piece and Single Piece Rim Wheels Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Excavations (Design of Cave-In Protection Systems)
- Underground Construction Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
- Ionizing Radiation Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
- Notice of Alleged Safety and Health Hazards (OSHA-7 Form); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Mechanical Power Presses Standard
- Hazardous Energy Control Standard (Lockout/Tagout); Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
- CSA Group Testing & Certification Inc.: Applications for Expansion of Recognition
- Safe and Sound Campaign; Revision of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
- Voluntary Protection Programs; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements
- DEKRA Certification Inc.: Grant of Expansion of Recognition and Modification to the NRTL Program's List of Appropriate Test Standards