OSHA has taken enforcement action against two contractors in Illinois for serious safety violations.

Even as states continue to make recreational marijuana more easily available, a positive driver test for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) takes a driver out of service and affects the trucking industry, which is already dealing with driver shortages, according to a new report released June 5 by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI).

OSHA recently announced that: the agency is deploying workplace health and safety experts to areas of Guam following Typhoon Mawar; the agency and the Safety Council of Greater St. Louis signed an alliance to promote workplace safety and health topics; and the agency is offering more than $12.7 million in funding for training programs.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced May 30 that discount retailer Dollar General Corp. and its parent, Dolgencorp LLC, face $267,622 in new OSHA penalties for two repeat and three serious violations at stores in southeast Oklahoma.

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released its final report on a fatal acetic acid release at the LyondellBasell La Porte Complex in La Porte, Texas, on July 27, 2021.