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.
OSHA orders Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. and Union Pacific to pay back wages to five suspended and injured employees.
Although officials were concerned about safety, tests show there were no unusual chemicals found in the Skittles.
Participants at a recent meeting discussed current actions being taken by the agency.
OSHA has cited Coastal Building Systems with repeat fall hazards totaling over $50,000 in proposed fines.
The agency wants more input about a request for information published in December 2013 as part of the multi-agency process to improve chemical facility safety.
The proposed plan would put $90.9 billion into safe and innovative transportation programs.