Seyfarth Synopsis: Safety and health management systems (SHMSs) may demonstrate a commitment to improving safety and health outcomes, and reduce legal liabilities. The federal OSHA standards mandate a ...

The OSHA #2455 Safety and Health Management Program course covers safety and health management responsibilities. Participants will be able to implement a workplace Safety and Health Management Program ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) plays a pivotal role in ensuring safe and healthful working conditions for employees across the United States. As political administrations ...

Cutting and welding tasks are performed either on a routine or infrequent basis in all industrial and commercial environments by maintenance personnel or contractors during the fabrication process, ...

What is management commitment, and why is it absolutely critical to the success of any environmental health and safety program? It’s a very broad and important topic that can’t be fully addressed in ...

Each year OSHA publishes a “Top Ten” list of citations issued to employers during the previous fiscal year (October 1st to September 30th). The list gives employers an idea of the top violations that ...

OSHA announced Sept. 15 that it will both strengthen enforcement and improve compliance with workplace safety standards in an effort to reduce worker injuries and illnesses. It will do this by, ...

The current Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Fire Brigades standard (1910.156) outlines the baseline requirements for fire brigades in workplaces and covers a variety of topics to ...

This certificate program is strategically aligned with the VPPPA’s mission to promote the VPP Program and support member organizations who have achieved, or are in the process of preparing for, ...

The explosion was deadly. When the fertilizer plant in West, Texas, blew up and then caught fire on the evening of April 17, 15 people died (most of them first responders) and 160 were injured. It ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recertified Fort Leonard Wood’s Chemical Defense Training Facility last month for meeting the office’s highest standards for ...