OSHA often references NFPA 70E as a recognized industry standard to enforce electrical safety compliance and issue citations.

The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 authorizes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to set standards for safety in the workplace and enforce them through a system of ...

ONE of the most basic tasks of a safety professional is complying with OSHA requirements in regard to fire safety. OSHA requires a company to comply in a number of different fire safety areas. While ...

The council also highlighted serious events not directly represented among OSHA’s most frequently cited standards. Transportation incidents caused 1,937 workplace deaths in 2024, including 1,146 ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 was enacted by Congress to address the effect of workplace injuries and hazards on the nation's commerce; the act authorized the formation of the ...

Construction activity of all types poses hazards that are subject to regulation by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, which recognizes excavation as one of the most ...

Open flames in the workplace constitute a hazard to employees due to the possibility of burns by direct exposure to flame, as well as from igniting fires or explosions. The Occupational Safety & ...

As an employer, one of your most important responsibilities is to provide a safe, injury-free environment for your workers. Your job is not done simply after rolling out a safety program and ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration sets the requirements for safety and health training known as OSHA Outreach training. For ...

What safety training do you really need—and how do you figure it out without wading through endless OSHA regulations? Join former state OSHA inspector and HSI Chief Safety Officer Jill James as she ...

On his first full day in office, President Joe Biden wasted no time in signaling a long-awaited shift for protecting workers during the pandemic, issuing an executive order that called for the ...

H.R. 86, “Nullify Occupational Safety and Health Administration Act (NOSHA),” was introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), with the stated purpose of abolishing federal OSHA, leaving it up to the states ...