December 16, 2024 | OSHA.gov | Occupational Safety and Health Administration

December 16, 2024 • OSHA's twice-monthly newsletter about workplace safety and health.

OSHA QuickTakes - OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Understanding Workplace Injuries

Based on information from employers, our online Injury Tracking Application now details what occurred prior to a workplace injury and illness. Watch this video to learn more.

Prevent Fatal Burns

Electrical arch flash explosions can cause serious and even fatal burn injuries. Watch this video and visit our website to learn how to keep workers safe.

Their Side of the Story: A Whistleblower

"I was harassed by my manager and denied overtime after reporting landfill runoff contaminating a watershed. OSHA found that my employer violated the Federal Water Pollution Control Act."

Explore 50 years of protecting whistleblowers from retaliation.
If you had actions taken against you for speaking up, file a complaint.

Help Shape Worker Safety

The Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health needs you. If you or someone you know is interested in protecting workers in the highly hazardous construction industry, apply by January 2, 2025.

Making a Difference

Meet Bridget, an information specialist who learned about safety growing up in a family of ironworkers. Visit I Am OSHA and meet more members of our team.

Stay Informed

Follow OSHA on X and LinkedIn to stay up-to-date with the agency's activities and resources, and look for our posts on the U.S. Department of Labor's Instagram account.

A Disaster Waiting to Happen

Two contractors willfully endangered their workers' lives by allowing excavations without required safety protections.

Bypassing Safety Requirements

On four occasions, this year, a roofing contractor intentionally, exposed workers to deadly falls without fall protection.

Training Tragedy

A tire distribution center's failure to properly train workers led to a forklift operator being fatally injured.

Read about more OSHA enforcement cases.

Safety is a Team Effort

A Mississippi skilled nursing facility has minimized work time loss, and workers' compensations costs for 15 years by involving staff in safety meetings and conducting frequent safety audits.

Building Safer Workplaces Together

Azteca Enterprises and OSHA are partnering to ensure the safety of workers during the construction of an emergency operations center in Dallas.

Ensuring Workers Know Their Rights

OSHA and the Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest collaborate to educate immigrants, people with limited English proficiency and meat and poultry processing workers about their right to a safe workplace.