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OSHA found that, in 2019, Ohio's food production workers had almost a 57% higher rate of amputation than manufacturers in the private sector overall.

A 2019 study conducted by the U.S. Department of labor found that food production workers in Illinois and Ohio had significantly higher injury rates than the overall rates for...

Seyfarth Synopsis: Powered Industrial Trucks (forklifts) are the focus of a new OSHA Regional Emphasis Program(REP). The program covers Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, and South...

Powered Industrial Trucks (forklifts) are the focus of a new OSHA Regional Emphasis Program(REP). The program covers Colorado, Montana, North Dakota…

Injury rates among food production workers in those states are significantly higher than other manufacturing workers.

Awareness and enforcement programs have been ramped up in Illinois and Ohio.

Awareness and enforcement programs have been ramped up in Illinois and Ohio.

More extreme weather has put workers in fields such as mail delivery, warehousing and landscaping at higher risk of heat-related illness and death.

Cal/OSHA’s outdoor heat illness prevention standard is well known by employers with employees who commonly work outside. And while there is no official indoor heat illness standard,...

Effective last week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) Region 3 Administrator, whose jurisdiction covers PA, DE, MD, VA, WV, and Washington DC, released a...