Things Are Heating Up With summer heating up, you may recall in October of 2021 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published an Advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on the Heat injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and …
Notice and Request for Comment The Department of Transportation (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) recently published a notice and request for comment regarding the development of general investigative questions that may be used by PHMSA’s Office of …
***Update: In an unexpected turn of events, The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) finished its final review of the worker walkaround representative designation process which paved the way for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to publish its …
***Update: For those of you who were following the proposed rule change where the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) planned to amend its regulations to clarify who may act as a representative on behalf of employees during an OSHA …
Like many of us, you may have missed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) proposed rule on the Worker Walkaround Representative Designation Process published in the Federal Register on August 30, 2023. In it, OSHA is proposing to amend …
How Will The Changes Effect You? The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently released their FINAL RULE revising the emergency exemption rules to narrow its scope of safety regulations from which drivers are exempt from. …
Welcome to the 21st Century. The future is now! Recently published in the Federal Register, the Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published a Notice and Request for Comment regarding the administration’s plan to submit the …
Act Fast for the Fast Act The U.S Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has revised the Hazardous Materials Grant Program and the Hazardous Materials Emergency Preparedness Grant. The Final Rule aligns with the “Uniform …