--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | Safety Regulations description: Safety Regulations | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [OSHA’s general materials handling regulation](https://blog.stpub.com/oshas-general-materials-handling-regulation) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Fri, Sep 19, 2025 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/pexels-elevate-1267338.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/oshas-general-materials-handling-regulation) The US federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) administers a General Materials Handling Standard (29 CFR 1910.176) that provides general requirements to ensure safe management of materials, including provisions for storage, loading and unloading, and other operational hazards.The remainder of this note summarizes these longstanding requirements.  [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/oshas-general-materials-handling-regulation) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/oshas-general-materials-handling-regulation#comments-listing) Tags: [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [workplace safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-safety), [Health and Safety Compliance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-and-safety-compliance), [Occupational Health](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/occupational-health), [Safety Regulations](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/safety-regulations), [Health and Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-and-safety), [Occupational Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/occupational-safety), [Materials Handling](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/materials-handling) ## [OSHA reports on most-cited violations in fiscal year 2024](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-reports-on-most-cited-violations-in-fiscal-year-2024) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Thu, Jun 26, 2025 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/images/Construction_workers-1.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-reports-on-most-cited-violations-in-fiscal-year-2024) The US federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reported a list of the top 10 most frequently cited standards following inspections of worksites by federal OSHA for all industries, during federal Fiscal Year (FY 2024). The remainder of this note provides OSHA’s list, with links to the standards (i.e., general industry standards) I’ve written about in other notes. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-reports-on-most-cited-violations-in-fiscal-year-2024) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-reports-on-most-cited-violations-in-fiscal-year-2024#comments-listing) Tags: [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [Safety and Health at Work](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/safety-and-health-at-work), [EHSCompliance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/ehscompliance), [Safety Regulations](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/safety-regulations), [Worker Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/worker-safety), [Regulatory Compliance](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/regulatory-compliance), [Health and Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-and-safety), [Fall Prevention](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/fall-prevention), [Safety Training](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/safety-training) ## [OSHA emphasizes fall prevention](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-emphasizes-fall-prevention) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Wed, May 28, 2025 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/pexels-pixabay-221012.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-emphasizes-fall-prevention) The US federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted its twelfth annual “National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction” during May 5-9, 2025. The Stand-Down focused on fall hazards and fall prevention, emphasizing safety demonstrations, trainings and hazard recognition activities. Falls are a leading cause of workplace injuries and deaths in construction, and can also be important hazards in non-construction locations where workers use ladders or work in elevated locations. The remainder of this note summarizes approaches to fall hazards and fall protection.  [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-emphasizes-fall-prevention) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-emphasizes-fall-prevention#comments-listing) Tags: [Health & Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety), [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [Safety and Health at Work](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/safety-and-health-at-work), [workplace safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/workplace-safety), [Cal/OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/cal-osha), [Injury](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/injury), [Safety Regulations](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/safety-regulations), [Worker Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/worker-safety), [Risk Management](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/risk-management), [Fall Prevention](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/fall-prevention) ## [California guidance for worker protection during post-wildfire cleanups](https://blog.stpub.com/california-guidance-for-worker-protection-during-post-wildfire-cleanups) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Wed, Apr 23, 2025 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/LN%20Wildfire-protection.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/california-guidance-for-worker-protection-during-post-wildfire-cleanups) In the aftermath of January’s massive southern California wildfires, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) has recompiled and highlighted its guidance for post-wildfire cleanup. Although this guidance is not unique (I’ve written about similar websites [HERE](https://blog.stpub.com/cleaning-up-after-wildfires)), it provides a timely reminder to organizations in areas that may be subject to wildfires, and to other harmful incidents as well. The remainder of this note summarizes Cal/OSHA’s latest compilation. 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