 | | | Current Issue | | May 2013 | | Job Outlook 2013 |
| | In Safety+Health’s 2013 Job Outlook, safety professionals report stability but say job titles and pay often do not reflect their responsibilities. | | Read More |
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Silica standoff May 2013 More than 16 years after OSHA suggested a comprehensive silica dust standard is necessary, stakeholders such as the American Foundry Society continue to meet and argue about the issue. | | Read More |
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Distracted on the job May 2013 Distractions frequently lead to on-the-job injuries, but experts say steps can be taken to recognize and minimize them. | | Read More |
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Road to rulemaking May 2013 OSHA’s rulemaking process has several steps, but not everyone agrees all the steps are needed. With some agency rules taking decades to promulgate, a few OSHA-watchers have suggested ways to speed up the process. | | Read More |
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Industry Spotlight: Fabricated metal product manufacturing May 2013 More than 1.3 million people worked in the fabricated metal product manufacturing industry in 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. | | Read More |
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Transforming leadership: How leaders create high-performing safety cultures May 2013 For many leaders, becoming good at safety requires learning how to do things differently. | | Read More |
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Washington Update: The sequester’s effect on OSHA May 2013 In late 2011, a bill was signed into law providing an incentive for legislators to reach across the aisle and come to an agreement on how to reduce the deficit. If no agreement was reached, the bill would implement across-the-board cuts to both military funding and discretionary funding, which covers government agencies such as OSHA. | | Read More |
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| Safety Tips | | May 2013 | | As summer approaches, so do the dangers of working outside during hot weather. Knowing how to work safely in hot weather can help prevent heat stress injuries and heat stroke, the most serious heat-related disorder, according to NIOSH. | | Read More |
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| Workplace Solutions | | May 2013 | | What needs to be included in my spill prevention control and countermeasure plan? | | Read More |
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 | | | Editor's Note | | 01 May 2013 | | What's in a title? |
| | Melissa J. Ruminski | | As part of the 2013 Job Outlook survey, Safety+Health asked safety professionals if job titles and the responsibilities that come with them are consistent across the field. Results showed a majority of respondents answered “no.” | | Read More |
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 | | | Washington Wire | | 20 May 2013 | | OSHA Roundup for May 20, 2013 |
| | Kyle W. Morrison, Senior Associate Editor | | OSHA moves money around to fund enforcement and Thomas Perez is one step closer to becoming the newest secretary of labor. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup. | | Read More |
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| OSHA Roundup for May 20, 2013 | | 20 May 2013 | | OSHA moves money around to fund enforcement and Thomas Perez is one step closer to becoming the newest secretary of labor. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup. |
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| OSHA and the sequester | | 16 May 2013 | | It is now clear how the across-the-board budget cuts known as the sequester will impact OSHA. |
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| Perez’s thoughts on OSHA, regulations | | 14 May 2013 | | Republicans in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee recently released a series of questions for labor secretary nominee Thomas Perez, as well as his responses. |
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| OSHA Roundup for May 13, 2013 | | 13 May 2013 | | Read thoughts on worker safety by Thomas Perez, the nominee to be the newest secretary of labor. Plus, the AFL-CIO releases its latest report examining workplace safety and OSHA, in this week’s OSHA Roundup. |
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| By the numbers … | | 09 May 2013 | | The AFL-CIO released its annual “Death on the Job” report on May 7. Here’s a look at some of the numbers from the report. |
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