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Department of Labor Office of Management and Budget OSHA Regulations and Standards Regulatory Process

Fall 2018 Regulatory Agenda: No Surprises

October 17, 2018 Jordan Barab

Lots happening these days: the grizzly murder of a Saudi journalist, baseball championships (Go Dodgers!!), mid-term elections, Presidential temper tantrums…

Weekly Toll: A Few of the Workers Killed on the Job Last Week

October 15, 2018 Jordan Barab

Question: in this election season, how many candidates are being asked about their plans to reduce the every-day carnage in…

OSHA Recordkeeping

OSHA Weakens Workers’ Protections Against Retaliation for Reporting Injuries

October 12, 2018 Jordan Barab

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a memo Thursday weakening workers’ protection against employer retaliation for reporting injuries and…

OSHA Poultry Industry

Harder Times for Poultry Workers

October 11, 2018 Jordan Barab

A 59-year-old employee at Allen Harim poultry plant in Harbeson, Delaware was killed last week from a serious head trauma…

Ammonium Nitrate Chemical Plant Safety OSHA Process Safety Management Short Stuff Susan Harwood Worker Training Program

Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Health and Safety: Short Stuff

October 9, 2018 Jordan Barab

The Little Program That Refuses To Die: OSHA announced its 2018 Susan Harwood Grant Awardees last week. This is the…

Chemical Plant Safety Poultry Industry Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Workers Die at Gas Stations, Construction Sites, Bowling Alleys, Chicken Processing Plants, in Rivers and Falling off Buildings

October 8, 2018 Jordan Barab

Boom truck hits power lines in Flagler, electrocuting 2 workers PALM COAST, Fla. – Two construction workers were electrocuted Monday…

Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week: Warehouse Workers, NYC

October 7, 2018 Jordan Barab

Journalism Mine Safety

Ken Ward: Genius Journalist

October 4, 2018 Jordan Barab

Charleston Gazette-Mail reporter Ken Ward is a rare specimen in many ways. First, he’s a journalist — and there aren’t…

OSHA Public Employees

Public Employees at Risk: America’s Second-Class Citizens

October 4, 2018 Jordan Barab

What do Moises Dominguez, Cameron Leeds and Charlie McLaughlin have in common? All of them are public employees listed in…

Congress OSHA Trench Collapse

“We mean nothing to no one” — Slaughter In The Trenches

October 3, 2018 Jordan Barab

It never stops. Two workers, Juan Baez-Sanchez, 42, and Victoriano Garcia-Perez, 56, both Mexican immigrants, died in the collapse of…