The California Court of Appeal has denied an appeal from an employee of Sonoma Raceway who sued the manufacturer of a rough-terrain forklift after he suffered disabling injuries in a …
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has denied an appeal from AFL-CIO, which seeks to require Fed-OSHA to enact an emergency regulation to protect working people from …
Fed-OSHA has opened the 2020 window to apply for Susan Harwood Training Grants. The grants are available to employer associations, nonprofit organizations, unions, labor-management associations, Indian tribes and higher education. …
The California Office of Administrative Law has approved revisions to the Process Safety Management standard’s List of Acutely Hazardous Chemicals, Toxics and Reactives. The changes were effective on May 4th. …
The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is giving is compliance safety and health officers (CSHOs) discretion on whether to forego citations during an inspection. The discretion is for certain …
The Cal/OSHA Standards Board has adopted revisions to its process safety management regulation to correct typographical errors in the List of Acutely Hazardous Chemicals, Toxics and Reactives. There were no …
The Office of Administrative Law has approved Cal/OSHA revisions to Construction Safety Orders §1618.1 on operator qualification, certification and training. The revisions, approved under Horcher rules, became effective April 6. …
Equipment intended to prevent the unintentional restarting of motors might itself present a hazard, according to a manufacturer of safety equipment. The problem is that some anti-restart devices have been …