A national science group is calling on the Defense Department to change the way it determines worker exposure limits to a carcinogenic degreasing agent called Trichloroethylene, or TCE.

The Labor Department would have to issue a rule requiring health care and social service employers to implement workplace violence prevention plans under H.R. 1309.

An Illinois agricultural services company faces a $291,716 safety fine after the electrocution death of a boom operator who tried to move overhead power lines out of the way of a semitrailer, according to Occupational Safety and Health Administration citations released Nov. 14.

A West Memphis, Ark., laundry equipment supplier must answer in federal court for unpaid safety fines and unabated safety conditions.

Imerys Minerals USA Inc. convinced the Eleventh Circuit Nov. 12 to consider the “event or occurrence” exception to the Class Action Fairness Act that is the subject of a circuit split.

Workers cleaning up the burned-out remains of buildings destroyed by wildfires should take precautions to stop themselves from ingesting hazardous chemicals and minerals, a new federal study says.