OSHA Delays Enforcement of Silica Standard
OSHA announced this afternoon that it was delaying enforcement of its silica standard in the construction industry for 90 days.…
Manhattan DA Calls For Higher Penalties for Workplace Fatalities
Manhattan NY District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. has called on New York State to raise the maximum penalty for corporate…
Scott Pruitt and President Trump’s Environmental Policies are Wonderful. EPA Says So.
Like OSHA, the Environmental Protection Agency has stopped issuing enforcement-related press releases. But the Public Affairs department at EPA has…
OSHA Enforcement: Going into Third Month with No Press Releases
Below is the third installment of large OSHA enforcement cases about which OSHA continues to issue no press releases. None.…
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Congressional Review Act
David Michaels
Deconstructing the Administrative State
OSHA
Recordkeeping
Trump
Volks Rule
Trump Signs Repeal of Volks Rule: Workers Lose
President Trump yesterday signed the resolution repealing the Volks rule , thereby permanently removing OSHA’s ability to cite patterns of…
If Neil Gorsuch is Confirmed, “More Workers Will Die on the Job”
Will the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch be good for worker safety? The clear answer is “No.” Allow me to elaborate.…
More on Southern Auto Parts Carnage
Bloomberg Business Week’s Peter Waldman published a devastating article last month about the injuries and fatalities in Southern auto parts…
In $5.4 Million Decision, OSHA Orders Wells Fargo to Reinstate, Compensate Employee
In the largest-ever individual award by the OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program, OSHA announced today that it had ordered Wells Fargo…
Chemical Safety Board
Congress
Congressional Review Act
Environmental Protection Agency
Process Safety Management
West Fertilizer Explosion
Industry Uses Unproven Arson Claim to Repeal Chemical Safety Rule
Chemical industry representatives are using unproven allegations that a criminal act caused the catastrophic 2013 West Texas explosion to try…
Beware of Trumps Bearing Gifts — or Ideas for Fixing Government
President Trump recently appointed his 36 year-old son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to head up an effort to make government more efficient.…