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The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is a United States federal agency established in 1970 by the Occupational Health and Safety Act. OSHA is part of the Department of Labor and is charged with assuring healthy, safe, working environments. OSHA sets and enforces safety standards and policies. Examples of OSHA's duties include setting limits on workers' exposure to hazardous substances, ensuring workers have access to safety information and protective equipment, and providing employers and workers proper training to prevent dangerous conditions. less -

DOL Unveils Proposed Heat Illness Prevention Rule as Federal Agency Authority Faces Questions

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/9/2024

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) unveiled its long-anticipated proposed heat illness prevention rule, which would require employers to monitor excessive heat in the workplace and develop and implement...more

End of the Year Whirlwind for Labor and OSHA Matters! Part I of III

Fisher Phillips on 12/22/2017

The long awaited nominee for Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA, Scott Mugno, finally received his Senate Labor Committee hearing on December 5, and passed through without controversy on a party line vote. Unfortunately,...more

Court Grants Deference to Secretary of Labor's Interpretation of OSHA Regulation

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 5/28/2014

When the Secretary of the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission offer competing but reasonable interpretations of a worker safety regulation, the Secretary's interpretation is entitled...more

FAA Lets OSHA Standards Board the Plane

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 8/29/2013

Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a final policy allowing the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to enforce certain of its safety standards for aircraft...more

OSHA Finally Publishes Regulatory Agenda

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 1/16/2013

On December 21, 2012, the full semiannual regulatory agenda for federal agencies was published. This regulatory agenda provides a complete list of all regulatory actions that are under active consideration for promulgation,...more

OSHA Still Interested in Oil and Gas Industry

Baker Donelson on 1/14/2013

One of the biggest fines paid in the history of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) came from the oil and gas industry. ...more

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