Many states have Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)-approved workplace safety and health programs (OSHA State Plans) and enjoy enforcement autonomy over workplace safety and health ...

On February 14, 2023, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it would be withdrawing its proposal to reconsider and revoke Arizona’s State Plan. This ...

The U.S. Dept. of Labor has called off its efforts to revoke Arizona’s occupational health and safety plan after the state addressed federal officials’ workplace safety concerns. The Occupational ...

Let’s suggest the following scenario: Inspectors from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) show up at one of your worksites and of course want to see all of your paperwork ...

After hosting the Superbowl, Arizona has one more thing to celebrate this week: its state OSHA plan will remain in place. Almost a year after OSHA announced that it was proposing to reconsider or ...

State and local officials are sounding alarms about the potential cost and feasibility of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s plan for a major overhaul of the standards that protect ...

Rep. Mark Messmer (R-IN) has introduced the Heat Workforce Standards Act of 2025. This legislation seeks to prevent the ...

It's not gotten a ton of attention in President Joe Biden's $2 trillion climate and social spending plan, but a provision tucked in the legislation could mean a stronger Occupational Safety and Health ...

In order for a state to operate under their own state occupational safety and health plan, it has to be at least as effective as the rules put forth by federal OSHA. It seems that Arizona's State Plan ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration plans to apply the worker safety and health standards used for cranes and derricks to demolition and underground construction work under its direct ...

The purpose of OSHA's site-specific targeting (SST) plan is, in fact, to “target” employers with higher than average rates of injuries in certain industries. The program is in addition to any national ...