OSHA to Further Ease COVID-19 Reporting Rules Under newly released regulations by the Centers for Disease Control employers will no longer be required to routinely investigate every employee COVID-19 case for OSHA recordkeeping purposes and no longer add COVID-19 cases to their OSHA 300 Log. Facilities must continue following all infection-control, Centers for Medicare […]

  High-Risk Industries Targeted in Workplace Safety Crackdown WorkSafe Victoria is intensifying inspections in construction, healthcare and social assistance, government, agriculture and transport, the five industries that together accounted for more than 60% of the state’s 61 workplace deaths last year and 55% of its 26,323 injury claims. Construction remains the deadliest sector, with 26 […]

  Family Sues SpaceXAI Affiliates Over Worker’s Fatal Fall at Data Center The family of an employee who fell from a mezzanine at SpaceXAI’s Colossus II data center in Whitehaven, Memphis, Tenn. on Aug. 25, 2025, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit; Vicent died of his injuries on Feb. 26, 2026. The lawsuit, originally filed […]

  EPA’s Methylene Chloride Rule Vacated, Leaving OSHA Rules as Primary Safeguard The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the EPA’s 2024 methylene chloride risk management rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act, meaning the chemical’s manufacturing prohibitions, restrictions and Workplace Chemical Protection Program are no longer in effect. The decision leaves […]

  OSHA Renews Enforcement Program for Warehousing, Distribution Centers The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Sept. 1 that it is renewing its National Emphasis Program on Warehousing and Distribution Center Operations, first established in July 2023, with the updated program remaining in effect for five years. OSHA cited employment in the industry more than […]

  Records Show Pattern of Safety Violations at Plant Before Worker’s Death OSHA records show, Illinois plant faced six violations across three separate incidents dating back to February 2023, exposing workers to amputation risks and dangerous chemicals in the months and years before the workplace death of a worker on Sept. 14. The most recent […]

  Koch Foods Faces October Deadline to Fix Safety Lapses After Fatal Fire The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has given Koch Foods until mid-October to fix safety lapses identified during an investigation into a Feb.15 fire at its Fairfield, Ohio plant that killed one worker and injured two other workers. Investigators found the company […]

  Steelmaker Deploys AI-Enabled Cameras to Cut Workplace Hazards Tata Steel has deployed more than 10,000 CCTV cameras with AI-enabled surveillance across its operations to detect unsafe behavior and generate real-time alerts for supervisors, part of a broader effort that has helped the company cut its group-wide lost time injury frequency rate by 38% over […]

  Cargo Airline Behind Fatal Miami Crash Faced Years of Safety Complaints 21 Air, the North Carolina cargo airline hired by Amazon whose Boeing 767 crashed off a Miami runway on Sept. 6 killing five people, has faced a documented history of safety complaints from former pilots and employees who claim they were fired for […]

  Brooklyn Firm, Owner Indicted for Selling Fraudulent OSHA Safety Cards Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced the indictment of Redcode Inc., a construction training company with locations in Brooklyn and Queens, along with owner Lutfur Rahman, 34, and associate Mohammed Tushar, 34, for allegedly selling counterfeit OSHA and New York City Department of Buildings […]