The primary objective is to eliminate hand exposure to pinch points, crush zones, and impact hazards.
The agency's data show its inspectors issued 210 citations, eight orders, and one safeguard.
The agency ordered a smoked seafood manufacturer to cease its operations due to the presence of Listeria.
The alliance with Georgia Concerned Beauty Professionals aims to help eliminate chemical hazards in the industry.
The agency inspected Diversified CPC International's Sparta, N.J., facility as part of its Process Safety Management Covered Chemical Facilities National Emphasis Program.
The agency issues an alert following two incidents in which airplanes landed at the wrong airports in November 2013 and January 2014.
The companies have agreed to comply with chemical emergency planning laws intended to protect communities and first responders during chemical emergencies.
There are 12 members of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety & Health, and OSHA is now accepting a nomination for all of those positions.
Great Dane Limited Partnership is cited by OSHA for repeat violations.
U.S. Minerals LLC was cited for 11 allged workplace violations found during a follow-up inspection.
The DOT agency recently ordered several bus and trucking companies to halt their operations.
It supports requiring more management system elements and recommends that OSHA include some improvements based on the consensus ANSI/AIHA Z10 standard.
The agency and the institute renewed for five years their alliance that is committed to addressing workers' safety in the waterproofing, sealant and restoration industry.
OSHA has issued fines to Smiley Plaster Co. in Georgia and placed it in the Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
The car manufacturer is paying a $1.2 billion criminal penalty for covering up safety defects.
OSHA has ordered the company to pay the employee in wages and damages following an investigation.
The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has reported in its 2009-14 strategic plan that its ability to decide cases has been hampered because of lacking a third commissioner for extended periods.
NIOSH published "Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica" in 1974, recommending there that same exposure limit OSHA has proposed -- 50 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m3).
A new request for information and comments asks whether health care end users want requirements and tests in the process to parallel those in FDA's clearance process for surgical N95 respirators.
The probable causes of the natural gas pipeline rupture Dec. 11, 2012, were external corrosion of the pipe wall and failure to detect that corrosion because the pipeline was not inspected or tested after 1988, according to the agency's report.