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NASP’s 2027 Live Course Schedule Is Open, Including Confined Space Rescue on the Battleship USS North Carolina
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NASP's 2027 classroom dates are set for Certified Safety Manager in San Antonio and HAZWOPER Train-the-Trainer and Confined Space Entry & Rescue Program Manager in Wilmington, the latter taught aboard the Battleship USS North Carolina. Two 2026 sessions still have seats.
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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,...
The Same Explosion, Eleven Years Apart: A Closer Look at the Brent Industries Incident
Two explosions tore through Brent Industries in Toledo, Ohio shortly before 5 a.m. on August 18, 2026, during a shift change. Two workers were killed....
Both Employers Had Already Been Told. The Combined Fines Came to $860,628.
Two federal enforcement actions closed out August, six days and roughly 700 miles apart. Neither involved a hazard the employer had just discovered. Pennsylvania Brick...
Your Last Incident Investigation Probably Didn’t Change Anything
Every story in this issue involves an organization that already had the information it needed. Brent Industries had a fatality and an OSHA finding in...
Your Next LOTO Trainer Could Be You
Among everything OSHA cited NaturPak for last month, two items stand out for how ordinary they are: failure to develop, document, and use lockout/tagout procedures...
Nothing Is Final Yet: OSHA’s Deregulatory Docket Reaches the Hearing Room
OSHA's deregulatory rulemaking effort moves into its most visible phase this month. The agency begins a series of informal public hearings on Wednesday, August 19,...
A Blocked Stairwell and a Corroded Sprinkler
Twenty-Eight Killed in Chinese Footwear Factory Fire On July 9, 2026, a fire at the Huiteng Shoes factory in Jinjiang, Fujian province, China killed twenty-eight...
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