Short-term adjustments can reduce strain, let the body recover during the workday, break up the monotony and give teams time to work out process improvements, the agency said.
Kentucky employers need correct chemical labels and classifications, plus updated safety data sheets, programs and training for newly identified hazards.
U.S. mines have now gone three years in a row without a pattern of violations notice, and operators can use MSHA's online calculators to track their own standing, the agency said.
Manufacturers face updated lab test methods and documentation rules, while garment types, performance classes and the three fluorescent background colors stay the same.
In a team exercise built around different industries, high school students took the part of occupational health professionals and wrapped up with group presentations.
Researchers tracked manufacturing citations and found gaps in inspection records showing whether workplace hazards remained corrected.
Morton Salt said it is investigating the water intrusion with regulators and independent experts and will notify affected vendors and customers of what it calls a force majeure event.
Saelua Medical Corporation in American Samoa and the University of Arizona are sharing the 2026 awards from the Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety grant program.
Washington regulators will use the input to help develop a preliminary draft rule, which they will share before holding more meetings around the state in 2027.
Awards of $150,000 to $2 million will fund two-year projects, and each applicant must line up an industry partner in Ohio.
A new NIOSH bulletin highlights elevated blood lead levels among battery manufacturing and recycling workers, along with workplace conditions that can increase exposure.
MSA Safety's ALTAIR io 6 is a six-gas detector with a built-in sampling pump, and its cloud software tracks worker status, gas alarms and where each device is.
New restrictions aim to reduce firefighters' exposure to PFAS while providing assistance for the disposal of existing firefighting foam.
Top-only helmets may fall short when an assessment finds side-of-head risks, and a labeled lock works if the label is readable, according to two OSHA letters summarized by AIHA.
State investigators found an unguarded skylight and said the company had not identified the fall hazard or given workers adequate training on it.
As robots take on more construction tasks, researchers emphasize the need to address human-robot interactions, equipment hazards and changing jobsite conditions.
The trench had no cave-in protection or safe way out, workers lacked hardhats, and materials and equipment sat less than 2 feet from the edge.