The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued a 46-page directive to minimize high occupational exposure risk to the 2009 H1N1 virus to workers with patient contact or handling contaminated material in a healthcare or clinical laboratory setting.

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The work injury and illness data reporting system is inaccurate, the Government Accounting Office finds, and the agency recommends several significant changes to workplace audits by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

According to the GAO, factors affecting the accuracy of employers’ injury and illness data, include disincentiv Read more

The preliminary top 10 most-frequent workplace safety violations for 2009 includes improper scaffolding, lack of fall protection, and deficient hazard communication, reports the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

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To ensure the protection of frontline healthcare and emergency medical workers at high risk of infection with H1N1 virus, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it will soon issue Read more

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Two company executives and three businesses face a criminal indictment because of alleged willful violations of Occupational Safety and Health Administration rules leading to the deaths of five workers in Colorado.

According to the indictment, the company executives did not evaluate the workplace to determine if there were “permit-required c Read more

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published its final rule revising the personal protective equipment sections of its general industry, shipyard employment, longshore and marine terminals standards concerning r Read more

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, in an effort to crack down on fraudulent trainers, has started an Outreach Trainer Watch List of those who have had their trainer authorizations either revoked or su Read more

Summer heat can be especially harmful for those who work outdoors in direct sunlight or in hot environments, making them susceptible to heat-induced illnesses such as heat stress, heat exhaustion or the more serious heat stroke, says the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

"Working in extreme temperatures is not only uncomfortable, it can be life-threatening," said acting Assista Read more

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has revised its Field Operations Manual to provide comprehensive, updated guidance of OSHA's general enforcement policies and procedures for use by the agency's field offices in cond Read more

Injuries resulting from “horseplay gone badly” at work is a recordable event if the injury requires treatment beyond first aid, according to a Standard Interpretation Letter from the Occupational Safety & Health Administration.

An employer contended that the work environment did not contr Read more

The Eighth Circuit in a 2-1 ruling uphold a Dept. Read more

Beginning Feb. 1, 2009, covered employers must post a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred during 2008. Employers are required to post OSHA Form 300A (summary). The 2008 summary must be posted from Feb. 1 to April 30, 2009. Read more

An employee arrives at work, parks his car in the company parking lot, and as he is getting out of his car he slams the car door shut and “pinches” his finger. Or she slips while exiting the car and falls onto the parking lot, sustaining a knee injury. Read more

A nursing home failed to properly compensate employees for travel expenses and non-work time spent receiving treatment pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, the Third Circuit decides.
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