Employers must evaluate their first aid response and preparedness programs based not only on OSHA compliance, but the needs of their workplace and employees. An OSHA enforcement case announced in ...

In Randy Beaver's 30 years as a safety professional, he has encountered many workplaces without first aid programs. That always has surprised Beaver, president of Barron and Associates Inc., a safety ...

It is not always practical to have an in-house medical facility or infirmary in the workplace. To ensure the business is prepared for unexpected injury, federal regulations require businesses to ...

While ISEA and ANSI are not government entities, their standards have been cited by both the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration as well as state occupational safety and health plans ...

The results of OSHA's investigation were announced just days before the agency closed the comment period for a proposed heat standard. The advance notice of proposed rulemaking arrived Oct. 27 last ...

An OSHA enforcement case announced in September 2011 is a good example of the importance of complying with the agency's first aid standards. The agency proposed a total of $221,200 in penalties in ...