OSHA announced recently that agency compliance officers had visited 104 companies in four southeastern states where it said employees may have been exposed to potential combustible dust hazards. The visits, conducted over the previous 16 months, resulted in 667 violations, …
With Barack Obama’s election came widespread expectations of change at OSHA. Now those changes are starting to take shape. Here are five things to look for: Larger monetary penalties for violations: These are included in a measure called the Protecting …