Tag: occupational health and safety

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Validating OSHA’s Proposed Heat Acclimatization Schedule

Jon Redmond /July 7, 2026

RHP Risk Management’s Technical Analysis of OSHA’s Proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard OSHA’s proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard would establish the first federal requirements for protecting…

OSHA Issues New Hazard Communication Enforcement Directive: What Employers Need to Know Before the November 2026 Compliance Deadline

Jon Redmond /June 30, 2026

Background: OSHA’s Revised Hazard Communication Standard Effective hazard communication remains one of the foundational elements of workplace health and safety programs. Employers that manufacture, distribute, or use hazardous chemicals are…

California OSH Standards Board Meeting Update: Respirable Crystalline Silica and Engineered Stone Fabrication

Jon Redmond /June 19, 2026

The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board met on June 18, 2026 for its monthly public hearing and business meeting. While the formal public  hearing focused on elevator safety…

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OEHHA Proposes Listing Welding Fumes Under California Proposition 65

Jon Redmond /June 9, 2026

The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has issued a Notice of Intent to list welding fumes as a chemical known to the State of California to cause…

OSHA Updates National Emphasis Program on Heat Hazards: What Employers Need to Know

Jon Redmond /May 6, 2026

  As temperatures rise across many regions of the United States, occupational heat exposure continues to present serious risks to worker health and safety. On April 10, 2026, the Occupational Safety…