Category: March 2023 Newsletter

According to OSHA, “education and training are important tools for informing workers and managers about workplace hazards and controls so they can work more safely and be more productive.” This provides workers, managers, and supervisors with: A greater understanding of the safety and health program so that they can contribute…

Are you interested in NASP’s beta exams, but are not sure whether you qualify for them? If you have earned one of these certificates or certifications, you most likely do! In combination with educational and experiential prerequisites, these qualifying credentials are one of the final requirements to apply for certification….

The Department of Labor Office of Inspector General (OIG) commissioned a third-party audit of OSHA which found the agency didn’t “consistently ensure complaints and referrals were adequately addressed nor regularly enforce hazard abatement timelines.” Inspections from complains and referrals made up a little more than 40% of OSHA’s total inspections…

Nineteen attorneys general filed an amicus brief in Allstates Refractory Contractors LLC v. Walsh, a case that challenges OSHA’s ability to issue permanent safety standards, arguing it’s unconstitutional. The attorneys general argue that OSHA’s permanent safety standards ensure workplace safety and are critical to their states’ own efforts to protect…

The Biden-Harris administration recently released President Biden’s budget for fiscal year 2024. “President Biden’s 2024 budget request of $15.1 billion in discretionary resources for the Department of Labor allows us to fulfill our commitment to advance equity in all aspects of our work, including enforcing lifesaving safety and health laws,…

There were 5,190 fatal work injuries in the U.S. in 2021, an 8.9% increase from 4,764 in 2020, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The fatal work injury rate for 2021 was 3.6 fatalities per 100,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers up from 3.4 per 100,000…