On July 2, 2008, National Environmental Trainers Inc. of Martinez, Ga., received a letter from OSHA's Enforcement Programs Directorate requesting that the company "correct the misleading and ...

Part of OSHA's Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) standard, a document that provides enforcement guidance to OSHA's field personnel, says, "Firefighters expected to respond ...

While many questions about the government's efforts were answered during the three-day (April 21-23) Washington, DC event, one key issue remains up in the air: if disaster strikes and the nation again ...

On June 15, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a decision limiting the reach of the emergency response provisions of 29 C.F.R. § 1910.120, the Occupational Safety ...

OSHA has received numerous complaints from workers taking part in the Gulf Coast oil spill cleanup whose employers are refusing to provide them with a certificate following their completion of ...

WASHINGTON, April 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CHEMTREC ®, known for its 24/7 worldwide hazmat emergency response call center, has created a fully interactive HAZWOPER 8-hour Refresher online training ...

The New England Consortium (TNEC) at UMass Lowell is offering two of their most popular courses during winter break: OSHA’s 40-Hr HAZWOPER Hazardous Waste Site Worker and 24-Hr Emergency Responder.