OSHA News
OSHA Safety Regulator Points to Management Failure in Fatal Movie Set Shooting
Complaints by a movie weapons supervisor to managers went unheeded as she sought more time and resources to fulfill safety duties on the set of the Western movie "Rust," where actor Alec Baldwin ...
Cannabis Workplace Occupational Hazards Questioned After Asthma Death
The U.S. cannabis production industry's first reported occupational asthma death took the life of a worker in Massachusetts, federal health and safety officials said. The woman, 27, was working in a ...
Special Report: Worker Injuries Soar at SpaceX
One windy night at Elon Musk's SpaceX facility in McGregor, Texas, Lonnie LeBlanc and his co-workers realized they had a problem. They needed to transport foam insulation to the rocket company's main ...
Climate Change Increasing Workplace Costs, Hazards
As Texas baked in this summer's record temperatures, local UPS driver Chris Begley started feeling unwell before collapsing at a customer's premises. The 57-year-old's death in hospital was announced ...
OSHA Fines of More Than $13M Prompt Improved Worker Safety at Bargain Stores
U.S. regulators on Wednesday announced a settlement with the company that runs Dollar Tree and Family Dollar aimed at improving worker safety at thousands of the bargain stores across the country. ...
U.S. Regulators Cite Amazon Again Over Worker Safety
The U.S. workplace safety regulator said Amazon.com Inc. has subjected workers at yet another of its sprawling warehouses to hazardous conditions by imposing onerous production quotas and failing to ...
OSHA: Amazon Failed to Record Some Warehouse Injuries
Amazon failed to properly record work-related injuries at warehouses located in five states, a federal agency said Friday while announcing it issued more than a dozen ...
U.S. DOL Expands OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program
OSHA's Severe Violator Enforcement Program targets employers who repeatedly disregard workers' safety and health. In order to strengthen enforcement and improve compliance with workplace safety ...