The agency, equivalent to OSHA in the United States, said the simpler regulations will not add new responsibilities for employers or reduce important protections for workers, the public, and the environment.
The retailer faces $55,000 in proposed penalties for three alleged serious and two repeat violations.
The agency announced it has filed a petition seeking SeaWorld of Florida LLC’s compliance with administrative subpoenas requiring three managers to be interviewed during a follow-up abatement inspection.
Secretary Solis announced the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee, a group that will aid and advise DOL in protecting whistleblowers.
Oregon OSHA has welcomed Reese Electric in North Bend as the latest employer in the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP).
Exposure to the harmful metal, which can cause illness and cancer in cases of chronic contact, can be more easily monitored by workers and supervisors with a new OSHA online endeavor.
Robert LiMandri on Dec. 3 started the Department of Buildings' ninth annual Elevator Escalator Safety Awareness Week by visiting a Brooklyn public school to teach children in first, second, and third grades how to safely ride elevators and escalators and what to do in an emergency.
Judy Schurke's resignation as director of the parent agency of the state's Division of Occupational Safety and Health will be effective Dec. 31
FAA and OSHA proposed the new policy on Nov. 30.
After the employee followed the company's injury report policy, he was wrong accused of falsifying the injury report.
One analyst said the refinery "needs relatively little maintenance" because much of its equipment is new, having been installed after the March 2005 explosion.
Think about the overall wear life of the garment and what the cost will mean long term.
The operators of mines in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Louisiana are now on notice about a potential pattern of violations. The agency also announced the number of operations with chronic violations is falling.
The agency alerted users and suppliers of copper ionization water treatment systems that this method is prohibited by the EU beginning Feb. 1, 2013.
The case is among the largest penalties proposed by the agency this year. "While I'm grateful that nobody was injured from the incident, I'm alarmed by the egregious nature of the violations we uncovered during our inspection," OSHA chief Dr. David Michaels said.
In an unprecedented move, a Massey division president faced charges of conspiracy related to the 2010 mining explosion that killed 29 workers.
This is the first use of the suspension authority allowed by the Food Safety Modernization Act, the agency announced Nov. 26.
Now facing $165,900 in fines, Mississippi Phosphates was investigated after two employees died in similar incidents.
Six serious violations have been assessed against Harrison Hoist Inc. of Grand Prairie, Texas, in connection with the collapse of part of a tower crane at a University of Texas at Dallas campus in July.
The Nov. 30 NSC meeting concerns the licensee’s response to the discovery of "unexpected wear" in nearly new steam generators after a leak inside a Unit 3 steam generator tube early this year.