OSHA Appoints New Construction Directorate Chief
Dean McKenzie has more than 40 years of experience in construction, having started in the steel mills of Gary, Ind., as a journeyman millwright in the mid-1970s.
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02 SEP 16
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02 SEP 16
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OSHA, Health Canada Develop Joint Workplace Chemicals Work Plan
The updated plan will align labeling and classification for the hazards of workplace chemicals.
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01 SEP 16
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Study: Penalties Resulting from Health and Safety Inspections Reduce Workplace Injuries
Labor Day offers an opportunity to highlight the effectiveness of regulatory enforcement in improving workplace health and safety. Government health and safety inspections that result in citations or penalties effectively motivate employers to make improvements that reduce work-related injuries, according to a systematic review of research by the Institute for Work & Health (IWH). The
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01 SEP 16
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FDA Requires Stronger Warning Labels on Opioids and Benzodiazepines
“It is nothing short of a public health crisis when you see a substantial increase of avoidable overdose and death related to two widely used drug classes being taken together,” said FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf, M.D. “We implore health care professionals to heed these new warnings and more carefully and thoroughly evaluate, on a
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