OSHA’s New Poster Leaves Some Things to be Required
OSHA made a major announcement today: It’s changing posters. Why? Because they care. But this is not necessarily good news.…
Workplace Fatalities: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: crushed, 2 grain bin suffocations, confined space, skiing avalanche, chemical gas leaks, hydrogen sulfide gas…
Workplace Fatalities Drop in Last Biden Year
The number and rate of workers killed on the job dropped in 2024, the last year of the Biden administration,…
Honoring the Workers Who Show Up in the Storm
Dateline: Boston, Sunday Evening, February 22: It’s a chilly and cloudy day here in my fair city, and we’re bracing…
Weekly Toll: How Workers Died Last Week
How workers died last week: crushed, falls, loader, construction, burst pipes, factory fires, shootings, vehicle incidents, cancer, . On average,…
Feds “Clear” Nevada OSHA of Favoring Musk Company. But Who Will Clear the Feds?
A funny happened in Nevada last year. Nevada OSHA issued three willful violations totaling more than $400,000 to Elon Musk’s…
OSHA Enforcement Staff at Record Low: Inspector General
The Department of Labor’s Office of the Inspector General (I.G.) issued a report late last month summarizing the “challenges facing…
Workers Who Won’t Be Coming Home: The Weekly Toll
How Workers died last week: Snowplowing, falls, forklift, train, carbon monoxide, helicopter, drowning, trash compacter, vehicle incidents, carbon monoxide poisoning…
Seriously, Mr. President — We Cannot Afford to Dismantle FEMA
This week, a coalition of unions and nonprofit organizations filed a lawsuit to block the Trump administration’s plan to cut…
NY Nurses Strike for Safety
Anyone who reads Confined Space regularly is likely depressed about the ongoing shrinking of OSHA’s ability to police working conditions…