June 2017 - Confined Space

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta testified yesterday before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related…

Alex Acosta Budget OSHA Susan Harwood Worker Training Program

Save Harwood. Here’s the easy way to Contact Your Congressperson

June 27, 2017 Jordan Barab

Labor Secretary Acosta just finished his last hearing before the Senate on the Department of Labor’s FY 2018 budget. We’ll…

OSHA Recordkeeping

OSHA Proposes to Delay Recordkeeping Rule

June 27, 2017 Jordan Barab

OSHA has officially announced a proposal to delay the reporting requirements of its “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses”…

Fatalities Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Workers Dying Every Day

June 26, 2017 Jordan Barab

Worker dies in accident at Weitsman facility Oswego, NY — An employee at Ben Weitsman & Son’s facility in Owego…

Beryllium Construction Deconstructing the Administrative State Labor Unions Regulatory Process

Breaking: OSHA Launches Rollback of Beryllium Worker Protections

June 23, 2017 Jordan Barab

Less than half a year after workers finally received long overdue protections against deadly beryllium dust, the Trump administration has…

Chemical Safety Board Fatalities OSHA

Kill Workers. Don’t Respond. Repeat.

June 23, 2017 Jordan Barab

So what’s going on here? OSHA investigates second fatal explosion in a month at Barbour Co., WV plant ARDEN, W.Va.…

David Michaels Immigrants Mine Safety Short Stuff

Lead Poisoning, Murder, and Trump’s Father-Daughter War on Workers: Short Stuff

June 22, 2017 Jordan Barab

Get the Lead Out: Joe Rubin at Huffington Post has a troubling story of how the California Department of Public…

Month: June 2017