A new Safety Champions Program aims to help employers strengthen workplace safety through a voluntary, structured framework.

Seyfarth Synopsis: Safety and health management systems (SHMSs) may demonstrate a commitment to improving safety and health outcomes, and reduce legal liabilities. The federal OSHA standards mandate a ...

Employers looking for help on how to structure their workplace safety and health programs just received a roadmap from OSHA’s new Safety Champions Program. The Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA, ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- The Voluntary Protection Program is an initiative created by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration that encourages private industry and federal agencies ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will launch a workplace safety program in response to a recent federal report that shows an increasing incidence of nonfatal occupational injuries ...

Register for this webinar as we will review some of the differences between OSHA, consumer product, and other labeling requirements. The hazards of some common maintenance chemicals will be reviewed.

The VPP, the agency’s recognition initiative for workplace safety and health excellence, will provide new options for construction contractors and other employers who may have workers at various ...

OSHA recently updated its Federal Agency Targeting Inspection Program (FEDTARG) directive for fiscal year 2011. This directive orders programmed inspections of federal agency establishments that ...

The head of the nation’s top workplace safety regulator wants to start filling 180 vacant safety inspector positions as part of a sweeping effort to balance enforcement with industry cooperation.

As part of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor, Rite Aid Corp. will develop a bloodborne pathogen safety program to better protect retail workers at all of the drugstore chain’s locations ...

CAMP CARROLL, South Korea – Despite already boasting a stellar safety record, one unit here is cranking things up a notch when it comes to promoting safe habits and instilling an organizational ...

Federal officials have decided not to pursue steps that might have ended Arizona's occupational-safety and health program and reinstated OSHA control. OSHA, or the Occupational Safety and Health ...