Why Cops are Dying
It’s not easy — or safe — being a police officer in this country. Along with addressing serious issues related…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
This week: Explosions, falls, forklift, shootings, machines, vehicle-related incidents. Lots of ways for workers to die on the job. On…
Ammonium Nitrate
Chemical Plant Safety
Chemical Safety Board
Environmental Protection Agency
Process Safety Management
West Fertilizer Explosion
Fertilizer Plant Fire Raises Memories of Tragedy and Regulatory Failures
The Winston-Salem fertilizer plant fire raises difficult questions on our failure to issue adequate regulatory protections for workers and communities…
Dispatches From The Front Lines of Workplace Safety: Short Stuff
Texas, Florida Oppose The Free Market: You know all that crap about the “free market” and job-killing regulations impeding the…
Weekly Toll: They Left It All At Work
This week: Explosions, falls, fires, suffocation, shootings, electrocution, vehicle-related incidents…and yet another trench collapse. Never short of different ways for…
Triumph of Hope over Evidence: The Biden Administration’s COVID Year in Review
Last week I took the opportunity of the first anniversary of President Biden’s worker protection Executive Order to review the…
OSHA Announces Permanent Health Care Worker COVID Standard
Never a dull moment here in Washington DC. OSHA has announced that it will have a COVID-19 standard covering health…
Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home
This week: Explosions, falls, shootings, electrocution, vehicle-related incidents, drowning. Never short of different ways for workers to die on the…
One Year Later: Worker Protection From COVID
Today is the first anniversary of President Biden’s Executive Order (EO) directing OSHA to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard to…
Short Stuff: Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety
OSHA Penalties are going up: OSHA’s maximum penalties are going up. Penalties for serious violations are rising from $13,653 to…