OSHA’s in-person checks of construction sites have plunged by 84% during the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency has focused its attention on virus transmission hazards in the health-care industry, ...

A proposed rule from the U.S. Dept. of Labor to broaden its regulation about employee representation on workplace safety inspections has drawn widespread opposition from contractors. The change would ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has recently updated its Site-Specific Targeting (SST) Inspection Plan, a critical development for companies across various industries. This ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has implemented a “Weekend Work” initiative in which federal workplace safety and health inspections will occur ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released an updated Instruction implementing a new Site-Specific Targeting inspection plan for non-construction worksites, effective for ...

Cindy Pauley, COSS, COHC, Editor - EHS, J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. Cindy Pauley joined J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc. in June of 2022 as an EHS Editor. She has over a decade of safety program ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) maintains a list of the top 10 most frequently cited standards following inspections of worksites by federal OSHA inspectors. The main purpose ...

The U.S. Department of Labor announced Dec.16 that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is updating its inspection program to direct agency enforcement resources to establishments ...