The Federal Agency Targeting Inspection Program (FEDTARG) directive provides the procedures OSHA field staff must follow when conducting safety inspections at some of the most hazardous federal ...

The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration is set to conduct more targeted inspections of high-hazard industries like construction, manufacturing and warehousing next year, continuing a ...

OSHA put its Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program into place over 10 years ago. Since then, new NFPA standards on combustible dust have been issued, OSHA’s plan for a comprehensive Combustible ...

In the wake of a recent rise in fatal trenching cave-ins, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has begun a targeted education and enforcement program to try to reverse the trend.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WWLP)– The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has announced the creation of a national emphasis program to prevent workplace hazards in ...

Warehousing operation have a higher injury rate compared to other workplaces, but OSHA hopes to help fix that through a new five-year program in Pennsylvania and other nearby states. With the rapid ...

For decades, whistleblowers have played a pivotal role in exposing wrongdoing in industries that affect public safety and welfare. NSA leaker Edward Snowden, “Deep Throat” Mark Felt and Enron ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- The Voluntary Protection Program is an initiative created by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that encourages private industry and federal agencies ...

To further protect workers who report violations of law, safety and health, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is launching a pilot for its first severe ...

Another state has decided to regulate workplace violence in nursing homes and other healthcare facilities amid a delay in the development of federal rules.