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…
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…
Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses decline in Last Biden Year
The number and rate of workplace injuries and illnesses in 2024 — the last year of the Biden administration —…
Congress Rejects OSHA & MSHA Cuts
The Senate and House of Representatives agreed this week on an FY 2026 appropriations bill that rejected President Trump’s proposal…
Is Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer Not Long for this (Political) World?
Donald Trump, who only hires the best, seems to be very very bad at choosing Secretaries of Labor. His first…
In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025
This is always the saddest part about ushering in the New Year: remembering the health and safety and environmental activists…
Trump Administration Retreats on NIOSH Destruction
Even in these darkest of days, there is sometimes good news. Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. and the…
Congressional Hearing: Protecting an Industry that is Killing Workers
A subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing this morning at 10 AM ET with the snappy…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How workers died last week: Three dead from electrocutions, 5 workers crushed under vehicles, construction, confined space, welding explosion, falls,…
Trench Collapse Deaths Ring Out the Old Year
At least five workers were crushed to death in preventable trench collapses in the last month and a half of…