Tag: worker safety

Maximum Penalties for OSHA Violations Increase: What Does this Mean for Your Business?

Jon Redmond /February 29, 2024

The U.S. Department of Labor’s has made changes to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) rules by increasing the maximum civil penalty amounts, and putting business owners at risk for…

RHP’s Ashish Jachak Attends 2023 Society of Risk Analysis (SRA) Conference: Highlights Regulatory Landscape of Forever Chemicals and Use of Exposures and Hazards to Guide Smarter Polymers

Jon Redmond /February 29, 2024

What I heard at the 2023 Society of Risk Analysis (SRA) conference in Washington, D.C. TSCA and Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) of Phthalates Kelsey Hendrixson (Noblis) presented a new draft…

Cannabis Legislation Taking Effect in 2024 Includes Focus on Worker Safety and Employment Discrimination

Jon Redmond /January 8, 2024

The turn of the New Year has put new legislation into effect for the cannabis industry. Ohio joins 23 other states (and Washington D.C.) that have authorized cannabis for adult use,…

OSHA Reveals Top 10 Safety Violations at NSC Congress & Expo

Jon Redmond /January 2, 2024

Through OSHA,  employers have a responsibility to provide a safe workplace environment for workers. As reported, despite annual progress in workplace safety, recurrent violations continue to occur. Analyzing these patterns…

OSHA’s Inspection Initiative Puts Spotlight on the Engineered Stone Fabrication and Installation Industries for Silica Exposures

Jon Redmond /December 13, 2023

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has established the Respirable Crystalline Silica Focused Inspection Initiative in the Engineered Stone Fabrication and Installation Industries in an effort to address the hazards…