(AP) Tests done at Superstorm Sandy cleanup sites show that the level of contaminants does not exceed federal workplace exposure limits. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration released ...

David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images Before his shift at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant in Niagara Falls, N.Y., in May 2021, a worker peed in a cup. Before he clocked out, he did it again.

Because Cal/OSHA significantly lowered the exposure thresholds that require an employer to comply with its lead regulations, more employers may fall within the ambit of the revised regulations.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) proposed rule suggests a decreased Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) for respirable crystalline silica. In the mining industry, workers can be exposed ...

The agency’s exposure limits were established in 1984 when no one knew the extent of the danger caused by EtO exposure ...

California has adopted a final respirable crystalline silica (RCS) regulation, which is expected to become effective in early February 2025. California employers should consider whether they may be ...

Most people know silica as the mysterious contents of desiccation packets found in vitamin bottles, high-end leather purses, clothing, and other items. But for miners and other stone cutters, silica ...

MSHA published a final rule raising protections for miners exposed to asbestos at metal, nonmetal and underground coal mines, stipulating it will reduce the asbestos exposure limit by 95 percent. The ...