Thanks to the Bakken Shale, North Dakota has become the second-largest oil-producing state in the nation. But the state is the clear leader in a far more dubious category: the workplace fatality rate. In 2012, North Dakota had the highest fatality rate in the nation, at 17.7 deaths per 100,000 workers, according to an analysis
Read more →By Mark S. Dreux, Aaron S. Brand and Matt Thorne OSHA implementing “recommended” air-contaminant exposure limits that are more rigorous than standard PELs has left employers wondering which exposure limits they should follow. read more
Read more →OSHA has cited Bennett Building Systems LLC for eight violations after a November 2013 inspection at the company’s Augusta, Ga., manufacturing facility. Bennett Building Systems, which makes barns, carports, garages and other steel and wooden structures, faces $89,000 in proposed fines. read more
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