Washington – A new notice from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service outlines procedures for agency inspection personnel on notifying OSHA when they observe workplace ...

Edmonton, Alberta — A fear of negative repercussions “appears to be a strong driving force for why someone might hesitate to report a hazard” at work, a recent report out of Canada suggests.

A farmworker ties grape vines to wires in a Kern County vineyard on Feb. 3. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Warehouse workers were phoning Ellen Widess in a panic. It was the summer of 2011.

Employers with sophisticated safety programs implement overarching Safety and Health Management Systems (“SHMS”, also called Injury and Illness Prevention Plans and Accident Prevention Plans) to ...

Read Sunday’s edition of Journal-News for more details about the impact OSHA’s new rules for reporting work accidents is having on the federal agency’s Cincinnati-area office. The U.S. Occupational ...

Minimizing close calls leaves companies vulnerable to OSHA violations, but shifting to digital safety check-ins captures hazards before injuries happen. Most workplace incidents do not begin with an ...