August 2017 - Confined Space

The rain finally seems to be stopping in Texas, but the struggles there are just beginning as the huge job…

Donald Trump is on his way to Springfield, Missouri today to deliver a major speech about tax cuts reform at…

I was on WTOP Radio at noon today to talk about OSHA’s removal of the list of workplace fatalities from…

Last week in the workplace: Of note, three fatalities related to forklifts. Also, while OSHA removes workplace fatalities from its…

Who’s running OSHA now? Alexandra Berzon of the Wall St. Journal reports that OSHA cut back its reporting of workplace…

Two weeks ago, OSHA gained new political leadership in Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt. And now we’re seeing the first…

Yesterday, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta announced that Ronald Reagan would be named to the Labor Hall of Honor. To…

While it may go without saying, there’s probably no President in American history more reviled by worker advocates than Ronald…

MSHA has joined OSHA with a new Deputy Assistant Secretary as the agency’s highest official until an Assistant Secretary is…

The Trump administration has halted a study of the health effects of mountaintop removal strip mining for people living near…

Month: August 2017