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An alliance agreement inked between the Northern Marianas Technical Institute and CNMI Department of Labor OSHA On-site Consultation Division marks a renewed partnership for a safer workplace.

In this free webinar you will learn that engineering controls can take many different forms, including ventilation, lifting assist devices, automation of operations, enclosures, and selection of improved materials. With significant and ongoing effort by workers and supervisors, suitable administrative controls and personal protective equipment can also help to control hazards.

This free webinar will focus on the emergency response risk management model, understanding confined spaces based on risk and assessing the spaces for entry and rescue as defined in OSHAs standard for confined spaces (29 CFR 1910.146).

A worker was fatally crushed when he became trapped by a component of a machine.

The creative pace of solution seekers always seems to move faster than regulations and controls. In some ways that can be good, and in some ways, it can create unforeseen hazards when...

February 24, 2022 - Georgia Tech-Savannah is offering in-person Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHA) courses throughout 2022. The educational offerings focus on a variety of relevant topics and important

Take a look at the newest data shaping the list standards that are most frequently cited in 2021.

The company was issued one willful violation for failing to ensure proper machine guards.

04/29/21 Dave Badger The great British statesman Winston Churchill once said, “When the situation was manageable it was neglected, and now that it is thoroughly out of hand we apply too late the remedies which then might have effected a cure. Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong–these are the features which constitute the endl...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Happy New Year! A New Year means increased maximum penalties for OSHA citations. As of January 16, 2021, the maximum penalties for serious, other-than-serious and posting requirements is now $13,653 per violation; $13,653 per day for failure to abate; and $136,532 for willful or repeat violations. It is also a good time to remind covered employers to electronically submit Form 300A data for the calendar year 2020 between January 2, 20...