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The Hearings Are Over. The Standards Aren’t.

OSHA’s deregulatory rulemaking reached the end of its most visible phase last month. The agency held five days of informal public hearings beginning August 19, 2026 and concluding August 26, all held virtually before an administrative law judge. The record is now built. What happens next occurs out of public view. What the Five Days…

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4 Family Members Charged with $2.1M in WC Fraud

4 Family Members Charged with $2.1M in WC Fraud

05.15.2023 Current Events
Four family members were charged with multiple counts of workers’ compensation fraud for underreporting payroll for two of their California…
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Wisconsin Safety Council’s 81st Annual Conference

Wisconsin Safety Council’s 81st Annual Conference

04.18.2023 Current Events
We are excited to be exhibiting at the Wisconsin Safety Council’s 81st Annual Conference! Come say hey, we are at…
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Amputation Leads to Nearly $2M in Penalties

Amputation Leads to Nearly $2M in Penalties

04.12.2023 Current Events
While working the overnight sanitation shift at an Ohio food processing plant, a 29-year-old temporary worker – on the job…
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Are You Hiring? Let Us Help!

Are You Hiring? Let Us Help!

04.12.2023 Current Events
Let’s be honest; the pandemic drastically changed the employment landscape. Finding employees to fill open positions, especially in the safety…
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Survey Says…

Survey Says…

04.12.2023 Current Events
A recent Fluke Safety Survey (specializing in electrical safety products) sought to identify trends in various workplace safety-related topics. The…
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OSHA Proves Extreme Heat Hazard, Fails to Propose Abatement

OSHA Proves Extreme Heat Hazard, Fails to Propose Abatement

04.12.2023 Compliance
In a series of heat illness-related cases involving the United States Postal Service (USPS), OSHA successfully established extreme heat as…
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Advocacy Groups Want OSHA to Regulate Worker Surveillance Tech

Advocacy Groups Want OSHA to Regulate Worker Surveillance Tech

04.12.2023 Compliance
Twenty-one worker advocacy organizations issued a letter to the Biden administration asking for OSHA to protect workers from workplace surveillance…
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Watchdog: OSHA Should Improve Complaints & Referrals Process

Watchdog: OSHA Should Improve Complaints & Referrals Process

03.13.2023 Compliance
The Department of Labor Office of Inspector General (OIG) commissioned a third-party audit of OSHA which found the agency didn’t…
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Lawsuit May Jeopardize OSHA

Lawsuit May Jeopardize OSHA

03.13.2023 Current Events
Nineteen attorneys general filed an amicus brief in Allstates Refractory Contractors LLC v. Walsh, a case that challenges OSHA’s ability…
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Walsh Addresses FY 2024 Budget

Walsh Addresses FY 2024 Budget

03.13.2023 Current Events
The Biden-Harris administration recently released President Biden’s budget for fiscal year 2024. “President Biden’s 2024 budget request of $15.1 billion…
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Fatal Work Injuries Up 9% in 2021

Fatal Work Injuries Up 9% in 2021

03.13.2023 Current Events
There were 5,190 fatal work injuries in the U.S. in 2021, an 8.9% increase from 4,764 in 2020, according to…
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Fatalities Involving People of Color Reach Record High

Fatalities Involving People of Color Reach Record High

02.10.2023 Current Events
The share of Black or African American workers fatally injured on the job reached an all-time high in 2021, increasing…
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