Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Articles

Oatey announces 2025 social media Ambassador ProgramOatey announced that its 2025 social media Ambassador Program will include nine newly added plumbing influencers...

I wish we were at a point where I could completely eliminate this topic from future column consideration — trench collapse deaths. Unfortunately,...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s mission is to “ensure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting...

Nearly all job site injuries and fatalities are preventable. According to John Brengosz, loss control consultant for R&R Insurance in Waukesha, Wisconsin, a...

“Culture of safety” is a phrase that gets used a lot. For a lot of companies, that term is a reality — safety is...

Maybe you’ve heard of OSHA’s “hierarchy of controls” in a safety training class or seen it on a sign somewhere, but do...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold its annual National Safety Stand-Down to prevent falling injuries May 6-10. Fatalities caused by falls...

Confined spaces with poor ventilation trap dangerous gases and particulate matter in the atmosphere, exposing workers to potential respiratory infection, illness or...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced its most frequently cited workplace safety standards for fiscal year 2023. Eric Harbin, OSHA Region...

The National Utility Contractors Association’s Trench Safety Stand Down for 2023 officially ended Sept. 1. This year’s industry-wide event reinforced a basic...

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced the winners of its "Beat the Heat" contest. The national...

The National Utility Contractors Association signed an important agreement last month with several stakeholder organizations to better protect industry employees who perform trenching...

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that its Occupational Safety and Health Administration has begun a National Emphasis Program to prevent...

Do you have an idea for helping workers stay safe in the heat? The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced...