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December 2016

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement of US Labor Secretary Perez on fatal occupational injuries in 2015

October 2016

  • - OSHA Statement - Assistant Secretary of Labor Dr. David Michaels encouraged by BLS report on occupational injuries and illnesses in 2015

July 2016

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement from OSHA Regional Administrator Richard Mendelson on U.S. Steel settlement

December 2015

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement from Assistant Secretary of Labor Dr. David Michaels on roofing company owner's guilty plea today to charges related to employee's fatal fall

October 2015

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement from Assistant Secretary of Labor Dr. David Michaels on BLS report on occupational injuries and illnesses in 2014

September 2015

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement from Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez on fatal occupational injuries in 2014

June 2015

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by OSHA on indictment of roofing company owner charged today in employee's fatal fall

April 2015

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement of US Labor Secretary Perez about Workers' Memorial Day

December 2014

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement from Assistant Secretary of Labor Dr. David Michaels on 2013 Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

September 2014

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement on Updates to OSHA's Recordkeeping Rule by Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels

June 2014

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by Dr. David Michaels Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health
  • - OSHA Statement - Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez Press Statement National Safety Stand-Down Press Call June 2, 2014

February 2014

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by Assistant Secretary of Labor Dr. David Michaels on death of former assistant secretary

January 2014

  • - OSHA Statement - Assistant Secretary David Michaels' Press Statement New Hospital Worker Safety Resources

November 2013

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by Assistant Secretary of Labor Dr. David Michaels on sentencing in fatal gunpowder plant explosion

August 2013

  • - OSHA Statement - US Department of Labor's OSHA announces proposed rule to protect workers exposed to crystalline silica
  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez on fatal occupational injuries in 2012

December 2012

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on death of James Hodgson

September 2012

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on fatal occupational injuries in 2011

August 2012

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on Labor Rights Week 2012

November 2011

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement from Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA on increase of nonfatal occupational injuries among health care workers

October 2011

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement from Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on reported decline in workplace injuries and illnesses

August 2011

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on fatal occupational injuries in 2010

July 2011

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on continued heat waves sweeping the country

February 2011

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement from assistant secretary of labor for OSHA supporting promotion of job creation

November 2010

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by US Department of Labor's OSHA Assistant Secretary Dr. David Michaels on injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work in 2009

October 2010

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement of Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis on reported decline in workplace injuries and illnesses

September 2010

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by US Department of Labor's OSHA Assistant Secretary Dr. David Michaels on GAO whistleblower protection program report
  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by US Department of Labor's OSHA Assistant Secretary Dr. David Michaels on long work hours, fatigue and worker safety

August 2010

  • - OSHA Statement - Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis comments on decline in fatal occupational injuries during 2009
  • - OSHA Statement - Statement from US Department of Labor warns employers along Gulf Coast against withholding of HAZWOPER certificates

July 2010

  • - OSHA Statement - US Department of Labor's OSHA explains requirements for protective clothing during oil spill beach cleanup operations
  • - OSHA Statement - Statement of US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on passage of Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010 by House Committee on Education and Labor
  • - OSHA Statement - US Department of Labor's OSHA assistant secretary concerned some oil spill workers not receiving proper training

May 2010

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement of US Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA David Michaels on opening OSHA office in Las Vegas

April 2010

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement of US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on Protecting America's Workers Act
  • - OSHA Statement - Statement of US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on Workers Memorial Day
  • - OSHA Statement - US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issues statement on worker deaths

March 2010

  • - OSHA Statement - Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis remembers workers killed at BP Texas City, calls for re-dedication of safety efforts at refineries, chemical plants
  • - OSHA Statement - Statement of US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on passage of health care reform by US House of Representatives
  • - OSHA Statement - Comentarios de la Secretaria de Trabajo de los EE. UU. Hilda L. Solis sobre el voto de la Camara de Representantes aprobando la reforma del sistema de seguro medico

February 2010

  • - OSHA Statement - STATEMENT OF U.S. SECRETARY OF LABOR HILDA L. SOLIS ON THE EXPLOSION IN MIDDLETOWN, CONN.

October 2009

  • - OSHA Statement - US Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis responds to worker occupational injury and illness decline in BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Jordan Barab re: H1N1-related Inspections

June 2009

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on death of Stephen Tyrone Johns
  • - OSHA Statement - U.S. Labor Department's OSHA issues letters to oil refineries stressing compliance with process safety management standard

August 2008

  • - OSHA Statement - U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao applauds Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries report showing decline in worker fatalities

April 2008

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by Edwin G. Foulke Jr., assistant secretary of labor for U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA, on Workers Memorial Day 2008

November 2007

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao on 2006 Occupational Injuries and Illnesses with Days Away from Work

October 2007

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao On 2006 Workplace Injury and Illness Rates

August 2007

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Edwin G. Foulke Jr. on new workplace fatality data

April 2007

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by Edwin G. Foulke Jr., Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA on Worker Memorial Day 2007

March 2007

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement of U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Edwin G. Foulke Jr. on Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's report

November 2006

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by Edwin G. Foulke Jr., Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health On 2005 Occupational Injuries and Illnesses with Days away from Work

October 2006

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao On 2005 Workplace Injury and Illness Rates

August 2006

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by Edwin G. Foulke, Jr. Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA, On New Workplace Fatality Data

April 2006

  • - OSHA Statement - Statement by Edwin G. Foulke Jr., Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA On Workers Memorial Day 2006