This past spring, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced its intention to implement a new heat illness standard that will apply to indoor environments. The agency said it ...

Standard safety or operating procedures are a set of instructions an organization or industry association develops to define or standardize the steps involved in specific tasks that are part of a ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has long been the regulatory backbone for workplace safety in the United States, setting and enforcing standards to protect employees from ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issues standards for safe handling of toxic substances in chemical plants. These standards apply to any company that stores, manufactures or ...

Despite decades of scientific evidence linking ethylene oxide to cancer and other serious health effects, OSHA’s 40-year-old exposure limits continue to leave medical sterilization and manufacturing ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA recently updated its National Emphasis Program on Amputations in Manufacturing Industries (NEP), adding a targeting methodology for industries with high employer-reported ...

The failure of a Victor, N.Y.-based optical equipment manufacturer to correct serious safety hazards has resulted in $131,600 in additional fines from OSHA and a tongue-lashing from OSHA’s area ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has renewed its National Emphasis Program (NEP) on Amputations in Manufacturing Industries. This ...

The Manufacturers Association for Plastics Processors has recognized 11 companies this year for exceeding industry-average safety standards. The Safety Awards Program consists of two awards: the ...

Industrial safety standards are changing chemical handling with safer systems, better technology, and improved protection for ...

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