Safety/Health

OSHA rule pushes electronic injury and illness reports

05/13/2016

A new final OSHA rule, published May 11, required large employers to maintain electronic records of workplace injuries and illnesses and submit OSHA reports electronically.

EEOC settles GINA lawsuit with mining company

05/02/2016

Joy Mining Machinery in Pittsburgh, has agreed to settle an EEOC lawsuit that claimed the company’s hiring practices violated the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.

Whistleblowers may not have common-law protection

05/02/2016

Pennsylvania workers fired after reporting safety violations may not have a common-law wrongful discharge claim if they didn’t have a specific duty to report the safety problems.

New procedures signal OSHA crack down on unreported injuries

04/28/2016

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued new procedures for enforcing revised injury and illness reporting requirements.

OSHA update: Hazard alerts, silica rule and other priorities

04/01/2016

Here are some of the highlights from the OSHA head’s chat with the oil and gas servicing industry.

Armed attack at work: Staff can fight back

02/04/2016

It’s a sad fact of life: Increasing numbers of employers have decided they must train workers how to respond to an active shooter assault on the workplace—but with a tactical twist.

How do employers help employees quit smoking?

02/02/2016

Employers use a number of ideas to try and break their workers’ smoking habits

Use the right words when pointing employees to EAP

01/27/2016

When you mention to employees that the company has an EAP service, do so in a generic and consistent manner.

The painful truth: Prescription drug abuse on the rise at work

01/25/2016

Employee drug abuse continues to be the trend that just won’t go away. And it’s not just illegal drugs causing problems these days.

Ignore safety issues, prepare to pay up

01/07/2016

Dollar Tree has had to give up some green following an OSHA investigation that uncovered a series of recurring safety issues that the discount retail chain failed to address until the authorities forced it to. Dollar Tree late last year agreed to settle 13 OSHA citations by paying fines totaling $825,000.