WTF?! Friday Fall Protection Edition
There’s an old saying, I’m pretty sure from Confucius: “Take heed. It is always a bad idea to do an…
Press Releases Reduce Workplace Injuries. So Why Has OSHA Stopped Issuing Them?
I’ve been writing (over and over again) about OSHA’s failure to issue more than a tiny number of enforcement-related press…
Trump Heads to Coal Country to Give Best Speech Ever Made
President Trump is heading to West Virginia coal country tonight to give the best-speech-ever-made to the largest crowd the state…
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EPA Suffers From Shortage of Common Sense: Attorneys General from 11 states — New York, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,…
Weekly Toll: And Congress Wants to Cut OSHA’s Enforcement Budget?
Worker killed after collision with SUV on Fargo airport runway FARGO, ND — A contract worker painting stripes on the…
OSHA Enforcement: Reporters Report While OSHA Mostly Hides
Here we are, at the end of July, and OSHA continues to hide the fact that it actually enforces the…
No Excuse: Confined Spaces Continue to Kill
I wrote a few weeks ago about the death of three workers in a confined space incident where the initial…
Fraser Shipyards: Playing “Catch-up” Kills Workers
No matter how terrible an incident, no matter how many workers are injured or killed, there are a few constants…
OSHA Enforcement vs. Compliance Assistance: Myth vs. Fact
One of the most persistent — and distorted — arguments in the health and safety community is about how best…