TRB Special Report 324: Designing Safety Regulations for High-Hazard Industries, examines key factors relevant to government safety regulators when choosing among regulatory design types, particularly ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency released its long-delayed Risk Management Program (RMP) final regulation March 1, calling it “EPA’s most protective safety provisions for chemical facilities in ...

Labor Department seeks to repeal 60+ workplace safety regulations Proposals include removing wage and safety protections Home health and migrant farm workers face major impacts Critics warn changes ...

Many countries, including the United States, use forms of performance-based regulation to promote safety and reduce risk in high-hazard industries. The term “performance-based” is often used to refer ...

Even as other modes of transportation gain prominence, railroads maintain their role as an essential means of transporting ...