Regulatory & Standards


Improved manufacturing processes have provided designers with the means to design a TPR exoskeleton that safeguards the user’s metacarpals and knuckles all the way to the tip of each finger without hindering mobility. (Mechanix Wear photo)

High Risk on the Rig

The primary objective is to eliminate hand exposure to pinch points, crush zones, and impact hazards.

MSHA Releases February Inspection Results

The agency's data show its inspectors issued 210 citations, eight orders, and one safeguard.

FDA Orders Shutdown of Seafood Company

The agency ordered a smoked seafood manufacturer to cease its operations due to the presence of Listeria.

OSHA Forms Beauty Industry Safety Alliance

The alliance with Georgia Concerned Beauty Professionals aims to help eliminate chemical hazards in the industry.

OSHA Cites Chemical Company in PSM Case

The agency inspected Diversified CPC International's Sparta, N.J., facility as part of its Process Safety Management Covered Chemical Facilities National Emphasis Program.

NTSB Issues Safety Alert following Two Wrong Airport Landings

The agency issues an alert following two incidents in which airplanes landed at the wrong airports in November 2013 and January 2014.

Five WA Companies to Correct Errors in Reporting Hazardous Chemicals

The companies have agreed to comply with chemical emergency planning laws intended to protect communities and first responders during chemical emergencies.

OSHA Accepting NACOSH Nominations

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.



Manufacturer Cited for Exposing Workers to Hexavalent Chromium

Great Dane Limited Partnership is cited by OSHA for repeat violations.

Roofing Material Manufacturer Cited by OSHA

U.S. Minerals LLC was cited for 11 allged workplace violations found during a follow-up inspection.

FMCSA Shuts Down Several Transportation Companies

The DOT agency recently ordered several bus and trucking companies to halt their operations.

The explosion in West, Texas, prompted President Obama

AIHA Submits Comments on Potential PSM Changes

It supports requiring more management system elements and recommends that OSHA include some improvements based on the consensus ANSI/AIHA Z10 standard.

OSHA and SWR Institute Renew Alliance

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.

Company Cited for Fall Hazards After Worker's Death

OSHA has issued fines to Smiley Plaster Co. in Georgia and placed it in the Severe Violator Enforcement Program.

Toyota Paying $1.2 Billion for Covering up Safety Defects

The car manufacturer is paying a $1.2 billion criminal penalty for covering up safety defects.

DISH Network to Pay More Than $250,000 to Former Blacklisted Employee

OSHA has ordered the company to pay the employee in wages and damages following an investigation.

Senate Confirms Third OSHRC Commissioner

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.

The proposed PEL of 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air as an eight-hour time weighted average is half of the current PEL for quartz, the most common form of crystalline silica, in general industry and far below the now-obsolete PELs for crystalline silica applied to construction and shipyards.

OSHA Begins Long Silica Public Hearing

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).

Employers must have a written program outlining employees

NIOSH Considering Respirator Approval Process Changes

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.

This NTSB photo shows Donald Kramer, an NTSB metallurgist, examining the ruptured segment of pipe in Sissonville, W.Va.

NTSB Finds Undetected Corrosion in Sissonville Pipeline Failure

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.

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