Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Edward Segal covers crisis-related news, topics, and issues. OSHA's proposed rules would limit its ability to cite for "inherent" ...

Construction remains one of the most hazardous industries in the United States, and OSHA’s 2025 regulations are raising the bar for safety compliance. With the industry still responsible for more than ...

Cal/OSHA has issued updated guidance clarifying how construction employers must protect workers performing dry abrasive blasting under California’s recently amended lead standards. The revised ...

Aug. 8—WATERTOWN — Watertown Fire Commissioner Warren Day is convinced that the future of small, rural volunteer fire departments is at stake if proposed federal Occupational Safety and Health ...

Aug 23 (Reuters) - A divided U.S. appeals court on Wednesday rejected an Ohio contractor's challenge to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) ability to adopt rules governing ...

Keeping everything clean and orderly is a project that’s never finished, and some of the items that most frequently appear on facility inspection reports relate to poor housekeeping. Even though the ...

Responding to adverse comments from the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and other construction industry organizations, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ...

CLIMATEWIRE | When federal regulators were crafting a first-ever proposal to protect workers from extreme heat, they relied on government health experts who had been working on the deadly effects of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 10—Some north country lawmakers are raising the alarm over a proposal from the federal Occupational Safety and Health ...

Falconer firefighters are pictured at the scene of a fire in October. Volunteer fire departments have raised concerns about new federal OSHA standards they say could make it easier to recruit and keep ...