A new Safety Champions Program aims to help employers strengthen workplace safety through a voluntary, structured framework.

While OSHA’s proposed “Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings” (HIIP) rule is still coming into focus, employers need to begin preparing for it now. Besides laying the ...

Federal workplace safety officials plan to release a proposed rule later this year aimed at preventing workplace violence in the healthcare industry, giving you time to prepare for the potential of ...

Gainesville, Florida – The U.S. Department of Labor has fined the University of Florida Health Shands Psychiatric Hospital for failing to protect its employees from workplace violence after a series ...

OSHA’s website recently added advice to employers, particularly in retail and warehousing, to help keep their employees safe this holiday season and linked a video on the Department of Labor’s YouTube ...

During National Mental Health Awareness Month in May, OSHA wants employers to consider the role that workplace stress may have in their business. OSHA has a workplace stress toolkit for employers with ...

EVERY DAY IN THE BAY AREA and across California, workers step into sterilization facilities, unaware they may be inhaling ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration terminated a COVID-specific rule on Wednesday that aimed to protect direct caregivers, deciding instead to shift its focus to include more infectious ...

After a nurse was kicked in the head, a federal agency has cited a second Jacksonville mental health center for not properly protecting employees from attacks by patients. River Point Behavioral ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined Dallas-based Epic Health Services for failing to protect an employee from workplace violence, according to a National Law Review report. OSHA ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon OSHA announced Monday it is proposing significant improvements to its safety and health rules for housing that employers provide to workers, most often in agricultural ...