Two South Florida contractors are confronting nearly $174,000 in penalties after an OSHA investigation identified compromised safety conditions affecting 12 roofing workers. According to a release ...

Since its creation in 1971, OSHA has made a huge difference in worker safety but not directly. OSHA doesn’t come on site and show people how to work safely. So, what does OSHA do? Among other things, ...

Workplaces have undergone significant transformations in the 21st century. But you wouldn’t know if you looked at the violations the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issues. In ...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 335 construction workers died from job-related falls in 1995. That was the year the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) "Safety ...

The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division issued more than $113K in penalties to a residential contractor for repeat safety failures.

This course covers the OSHA Fall Protection Standard for construction and an overview of fall protection methods. Course topics include principles of fall protection, components and limitations of ...

Due to the federal-government shutdown, an OSHA official was not on hand at the 2013 National Safety Congress and Expo to delve into the agency's top 10 most frequently cited standards. The list of ...

Falls remain one of the leading causes of worker deaths in construction. Not surprisingly, one in five construction citations issued by OSHA over the last decade has been for inadequate fall ...

Violations of fall-protection standards in fiscal 2013 are again the most frequent source of citations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, according to its top 10 list. Preliminary ...

In January, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Florida Roofing Experts Inc., a Jacksonville roofing contractor, for failing to protect workers from falls. OSHA proposed ...

OSHA cited general contractor Arberia & Associates and subs K&G Haxhari Construction (carpentry) and Mondi Construction Inc. (masonry) for a total of 21 alleged violations of workplace safety ...