A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues
It’s report card time and states are lining up to get their grades from the National Safety Council.The State of Safety: A State-by-State Report graded states in three categories: Road Safety, Home Safety and Workplace Safety. No state received an overall “A” grade, but several states received “Bs,” including the state in which I live (Maryland),…
The country is about to lose a major player in safety and health research, and it couldn’t come at a worse time. We have heard from multiple sources that Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, the premier private sector researcher establishment in occupational safety and health, will abruptly close its doors within the next few weeks. Reading…
Common procedure for a workplace fatality: Blame the worker. Then blame the guy who warned that the workplace was dangerous. And fire him. Problem resolved. Case closed. Move along. This seems to be the practice of Goodwill Industries in Sacramento that was fined over $106,000 after Abraham Nicholas Garza’s head was crushed in a trash compactor,…
Workers concerned about safety and health in the workplace are heading for some rough days ahead with the current administration and Confined Space will be there all the way, through thick and thin. We will undoubtedly have many harsh – but deserved — things to say about OSHA policy. But I never want it to…