NRC Wants to Bulldoze Workplace Radiation Protections
If your job requires you to work with radiation, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), whose mission it is to protect…
Labor Department Acts to Protect Miners’ Black Lung Compensation
The excellent Confined Space 2024 year-end summary missed one important accomplishment of the Biden administration: In December 2024, the DOL’s…
Gaming the System: How Wealthy Coal Operators are Undermining the Solvency of the Black Lung Benefits Program
The following post is somewhat long and complicated. Read it anyway. At its core, this is the same age-old story…
After Two Decades of Advocacy, Federal Firefighters Expand Federal Workers’ Compensation Protections for Occupational Diseases
Cancer is a well-established workplace hazard for firefighters. This is not only documented in numerous studies, it is recognized by…