When completing an incident report, think of it this way: How much information would someone reading this report need to ensure this...

Does equipment “maintenance” include machine set up and adjustment? That was the question in a recent decision by the OSH Review...

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") today issued updated guidance to help employers protect workers from...

On June 22, 2021, the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH) met by teleconference and WebEx for the...

During its June 9, 2021 stakeholder meeting, MSHA was at a loss to explain the increase of fatal injuries (15 so far this year versus 29...

Oregon OSHA is adopting these Heat Illness Prevention rules in Division 2 - General occupational safety and health and Division 4 -...

On May 7, 2021, CalOSHA released proposed revisions to its Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), asking the state's Standards Board to vote...

On April 28, 2021, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held an open virtual hearing, including testimony from experts on...

This case starts out like many other 105(c) discrimination cases. The complainant miner makes safety concerns to management and then is...

On May 4, 2021, Oregon OSHA adopted a permanent rule governing COVID safety in the workplace, replacing the temporary rule which expired...

Workplace violence has long been considered an employee safety and health issue, as well as, frequently, a crime. In 1993, OSHA issued...

“Why miners?” is the first question people ask when the topic of opioid addiction and occupational injuries is raised. The answer has...

OSHA announced on Monday that it sent a draft emergency temporary standard (ETS) on workplace safety rules to prevent the spread of...

Adele Abrams discusses marijuana legislation and workplace safety. Click the play button below to listen!

Douglas Parker has been nominated by President Biden to be assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health, heading OSHA....

Adele Abrams discusses Marty Walsh, the Biden Administration's recently confirmed Secretary of Labor. Click the play button below to...

OSHA’s serious injury reporting rule, 29 C.F.R. 1904.39, requires employers to report to OSHA any fatality, in-patient hospitalization,...

On March 12, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Wage and Hour Division, published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the...

In a decision issued on March 26, 2021, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a citation issued by MSHA to Knight Hawk Coal LLC...

COVID-19 vaccines are here, and while many people have waited impatiently for their turn to get the “jab” of one of the three vaccines...