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• April 01 [Trade News Release] -2013 - 04/01/2013 - OSHA issues new resource to protect emergency workers at combustible dust fires

• January 28 [Trade News Release] -2013 - 01/28/2013 - OSHA reminds employers to protect workers from dangers of carbon monoxide exposure

• December 06 [Trade News Release] -2012 - 12/06/2012 - OSHA requests recommendations to update its construction industry standards

• September 27 [Trade News Release] -2012 - 09/27/2012 - OSHA provides expanded information on variance procedures

• August 30 [Region 6 News Release] -2012 - 08/30/2012 - La OSHA del Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. insta al público y a los trabajadores de recuperación a protegerse contra los riesgos durante la limpieza del huracán Isaac
• August 30 [Region 6 News Release] - 2012 - 08/30/2012 - US Labor Department's OSHA urges recovery workers and public to guard against hazards during Hurricane Isaac cleanup
• August 30 [Region 4 News Release] - 2012 - 08/30/2012 - US Labor Department's OSHA urges recovery workers and public to guard against hazards during Tropical Storm Isaac cleanup
• August 30 [Region 4 News Release] - 2012 - 08/30/2012 - La OSHA del Departamento de Trabajo de EE.UU. insta al público y a los trabajadores de recuperación a protegerse contra los riesgos durante la limpieza del huracán Isaac

• June 21 [National News Release] -2012 - 06/21/2012 - OSHA and NIOSH issue hazard alert on ensuring workers in hydraulic fracturing operations have appropriate protections from silica exposure

• April 26 [Trade News Release] -2012 - 04/26/2012 - OSHA Issues Alert on CSE Corporation's SR-100 Self-Contained Self-Rescuer

• March 20 [National News Release] -2012 - 03/20/2012 - US Department of Labor's OSHA revises Hazard Communication Standard

• November 30 [Trade News Release] -2011 - 11/30/2011 - New tire charts will help workers safely service single-piece and multi-piece rim wheels
• November 30 [Trade News Release] - 2011 - 11/30/2011 - OSHA issues new National Emphasis Program for chemical facilities

• October 17 [Trade News Release] -2011 - 10/17/2011 - OSHA publishes new and revised materials on worker safety and health
• October 13 [Trade News Release] - 2011 - 10/13/2011 - OSHA publishes new educational materials on protecting workers from hazards found in laboratories
• October 03 [Trade News Release] - 2011 - 10/03/2011 - OSHA publishes new educational materials on working safely during trenching operations

• September 21 [Trade News Release] -2011 - 09/21/2011 - New guidance document helps construction employers and workers prevent nail gun injuries

• August 31 [Region 3 News Release] -2011 - 08/31/2011 - US Labor Department's OSHA urges Delaware recovery workers and public to guard against hazards during Hurricane Irene cleanup
• August 31 [Trade News Release] - 2011 - 08/31/2011 - OSHA issues hazard alert on the dangers to workers of incorrectly rebuilt circuit breakers
• August 31 [Region 3 News Release] - 2011 - 08/31/2011 - US Labor Department's OSHA urges Greater Philadelphia area recovery workers and public to guard against hazards during Hurricane Irene cleanup
• August 29 [Region 2 News Release] - 2011 - 08/29/2011 - US Labor Department's OSHA urges recovery workers and public to guard against hazards during Tropical Storm Irene cleanup
• August 29 [Region 1 News Release] - 2011 - 08/29/2011 - US Labor Department's OSHA urges recovery workers and public to guard against hazards during Tropical Storm Irene cleanup
• August 28 [Region 4 News Release] - 2011 - 08/28/2011 - US Labor Department's OSHA and North Carolina's OSH urge recovery workers and public to guard against hazards during Hurricane Irene cleanup
• August 24 [Region 2 News Release] - 2011 - 08/24/2011 - Agencias OSHA del Departamento de Trabajo de los EE.UU. y de Puerto Rico urgen a trabajadores de recuperación y al público protegerse de riesgos durante la recuperación y limpieza después del huracán Irene
• August 24 [Region 2 News Release] - 2011 - 08/24/2011 - US Labor Department's OSHA and Puerto Rico OSHA agencies urge recovery workers and public to guard against hazards during Hurricane Irene cleanup
• August 17 [Trade News Release] - 2011 - 08/17/2011 - OSHA issues hazard alerts on dangers of worker engulfment and suffocation in grain bins

• July 14 [Trade News Release] -2011 - 07/14/2011 - OSHA revises directive for reducing, eliminating hazards in commercial diving operations
• July 06 [Trade News Release] - 2011 - 07/06/2011 - OSHA issues hazard alert on the dangers of using scissor lifts to film events

• June 30 [Trade News Release] -2011 - 06/30/2011 - OSHA cautions on the dangers of using fireworks

• May 26 [National News Release] -2011 - 05/26/2011 - US Labor Department's OSHA announces final rule to reduce employer burdens by removing outdated requirements, streamlining and simplifying standards
• May 25 [Trade News Release] - 2011 - 05/25/2011 - OSHA slide presentation shows employers how to protect residential construction workers from falls
• May 23 [National News Release] - 2011 - 05/23/2011 - US Department of Labor's OSHA launches national survey on employers' safety and health practices to help guide future rules, compliance, outreach
• May 02 [National News Release] - 2011 - 05/02/2011 - US Department of Labor issues final rule to protect shipyard workers

• April 20 [Trade News Release] -2011 - 04/20/2011 - New OSHA injury prevention sheet advises shipyard industry employers, workers of hazards involved in rigging
• April 08 [Trade News Release] - 2011 - 04/08/2011 - OSHA document describes methods to help prevent injuries, deaths among residential construction workers

• March 25 [Trade News Release] -2011 - 03/25/2011 - New guidance documents explain importance of testing in reducing, preventing worker exposure to respiratory hazards
• March 18 [Region 2 News Release] - 2011 - 03/18/2011 - Yonkers, NY, scaffold collapse shows that fall protection saves lives, US Labor Department's OSHA reminds employers and workers
• March 18 [Region 2 News Release] - 2011 - 03/18/2011 - Yonkers, NY, colapso de andamio muestra que la protección contra caídas salva vidas La OSHA del Departamento de Trabajo de EE. UU. les recuerda a los empleadores y a los trabajadores que

• January 25 [National News Release] -2011 - 01/25/2011 - US Labor Department's OSHA temporarily withdraws proposed column for work-related musculoskeletal disorders, reaches out to small businesses
• January 19 [National News Release] - 2011 - 01/19/2011 - US Department of Labor's OSHA withdraws proposed interpretation on occupational noise
• January 03 [OSHA Media Advisory] - 2011 - 01/03/2011 - US Department of Labor agencies to host live Web chats, conference call on regulatory agendas between Jan. 4 and 7

• December 22 [National News Release] -2010 - 12/22/2010 - US Labor Department's OSHA acts to protect residential roofing workers
• December 21 [OSHA Media Advisory] - 2010 - 12/21/2010 - US Department of Labor agencies to host live Web chats, conference call on regulatory agendas between Jan. 4 and 7
• December 20 [OSHA Media Advisory] - 2010 - 12/20/2010 - The Federal Register published the U.S. Department of Labor's Fall 2010 Regulatory Agenda on Dec. 20
• December 17 [Trade News Release] - 2010 - 12/17/2010 - US Department of Labor determines it will not adopt an SDoC system
• December 07 [Trade News Release] - 2010 - 12/07/2010 - OSHA bulletin and alert recommends safety measures to protect workers from exposure to diacetyl and diacetyl substitutes
• December 06 [National News Release] - 2010 - 12/06/2010 - US Labor Department's OSHA extends comment period to March 21, 2011, announces stakeholder meeting on noise control interpretation

• November 29 [Trade News Release] -2010 - 11/29/2010 - OSHA reissues Shipbreaking National Emphasis Program and updates Shipyard PPE directive to include PPE Payment
• November 12 [Trade News Release] - 2010 - 11/12/2010 - OSHA will hold informal public hearing on proposed rule to prevent worker injuries on walking-working surfaces
• November 03 [National News Release] - 2010 - 11/03/2010 - US Labor Department's OSHA encourages major retailers to provide crowd management measures to protect workers during Black Friday, other sales events

• October 19 [Trade News Release] -2010 - 10/19/2010 - OSHA seeks comments on its official interpretation of workplace noise exposure controls

• July 28 [National News Release] -2010 - 07/28/2010 - US Department of Labor's OSHA publishes final rule on cranes and derricks in construction
• July 02 [Trade News Release] - 2010 - 07/02/2010 - OSHA review project eliminates outdated requirements,brings standards up-to-date

• June 22 [National News Release] -2010 - 06/22/2010 - US Department of Labor's OSHA to hold additional stakeholder meetings on worker injury and illness prevention rule

• May 28 [Trade News Release] -2010 - 05/28/2010 - Amended Steel Erection standard improves highway construction worker safety
• May 24 [National News Release] - 2010 - 05/24/2010 - US Labor Department's OSHA publishes proposed rulemaking to prevent injuries from slips, trips and falls on walking-working surfaces
• May 21 [Trade News Release] - 2010 - 05/21/2010 - OSHA bloodborne review looks at standard's value in protecting workers
• May 21 [Trade News Release] - 2010 - 05/21/2010 - Requirement for protecting workers from hexavalent chromium exposure now a final rule
• May 13 [Trade News Release] - 2010 - 05/13/2010 - Review of OSHA's Methylene Chloride standard shows value to worker protection
• May 06 [National News Release] - 2010 - 05/06/2010 - US Labor Department's OSHA requests information on exposure to infectious agents in health care settings
• May 05 [National News Release] - 2010 - 05/05/2010 - US Department of Labor's OSHA holds series of stakeholder meetings on modernization of injury and illness data collection system
• May 04 [National News Release] - 2010 - 05/04/2010 - US Department of Labor's OSHA holds series of stakeholder meetings on worker Injury and Illness Prevention Programs

• April 22 [OSHA Media Advisory] -2010 - 04/22/2010 - US Department of Labor agency heads to host live Web chats on regulatory agendas on April 26, 27 and 28
• April 07 [Trade News Release] - 2010 - 04/07/2010 - New document addresses shipbreaking worker safety

• March 18 [Trade News Release] -2010 - 03/18/2010 - OSHA requests comments on Direct Final Rule and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to protect workers from exposure to hexavalent chromium
• March 18 [Region 3 News Release] - 2010 - 03/18/2010 - US Labor Department’s OSHA announces informal public hearing on hazard communication in Pittsburgh on March 31
• March 16 [Region 5 News Release] - 2010 - 03/16/2010 - US Labor Department's OSHA schedules combustible dust stakeholder meetings in Chicago to address workplace hazards
• March 15 [Trade News Release] - 2010 - 03/15/2010 - OSHA eTool explains ways to protect the safety of electric power workers
• March 08 [Trade News Release] - 2010 - 03/08/2010 - OSHA extends deadline for submitting comments on Recordkeeping proposed rule

• February 01 [Trade News Release] -2010 - 02/01/2010 - OSHA QuickCards™ focus on safety in marine cargo handling operations

• January 28 [National News Release] -2010 - 01/28/2010 - US Department of Labor's OSHA proposes recordkeeping change to improve illness data
• January 27 [Trade News Release] - 2010 - 01/27/2010 - Updated OSHA guidance helps protect late-night retail workers from workplace violence
• January 27 [Trade News Release] - 2010 - 01/27/2010 - OSHA schedules informal stakeholder meetings on combustible dust
• January 13 [Trade News Release] - 2010 - 01/13/2010 - OSHA booklet outlines hexavalent chromium standards
• January 08 [Trade News Release] - 2010 - 01/08/2010 - New OSHA videos provide respirator and facemask safety guidance
• January 07 [Trade News Release] - 2010 - 01/07/2010 - OSHA announces informal public hearings on hazard communication rule