WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently unveiled an online tool giving roofing contractors and others the ability to search its severe injury report database and view trends related to workplace injuries occurring in states covered by federal OSHA. The Severe Injury Report…
The creatives at the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration are well aware that, as summer approaches, soaring temperatures are already causing concerns at workplaces nationwide, both outdoors and indoors. In an effort to foster engagement and allow employers, workers and other stakeholders to help each other address the dangers of heat hazards,…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health, Doug Parker, issued a statement regarding Tuesday’s release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of its 2022 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries: “Today’s announcement by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of a 5.7 percent increase in fatal occupational injuries is a sobering reminder…
