Partial Stay of Execution? What’s Happening at NIOSH?
On April 1, the Trump administration snuck up behind the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and murdered…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Last week two workers were killed in grain facilities, 8 migrant farmworkers were killed in a traffic incident, workers were…
Weekly Toll: Killed at Work
How workers died last week: Two workers, including a teenager dies on farms, vehicle incidents, drowning, firefighting, stabbing, helicopter crash.…
Agriculture
Dipatches (Short Stuff)
Heat
International
Journalism
MSHA
Penalties
Short Stuff
Silica
Workplace Violence
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
Violent Assaults Against Workers Continue While OSHA continues to sloooowly make progress on its standard to protect healthcare workers against…
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
So much happening, so little time to write about it. What’s been going on in the world of workplace safety…
Business Tries to Kill Protections from Heat Hazards that Kill Workers
The Miami-Dade County Commission has voted 8-2 to table proposed protections for outdoor workers against heat until next March where…
Agriculture
Congressional Review Act
Dipatches (Short Stuff)
Heat
Journalism
Mine Safety
Recordkeeping
Short Stuff
Silica
Workplace Violence
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
Lots happening in the world of workplace safety and health. OSHA and MSHA are making progress on several standards and…
Labor Shortages? How About More Child Labor?
Last Fall, I wrote about an upsetting Labor Department injunction filed in federal court against Packers Sanitation Services (PSSI) Inc.…
Three Workers Dead in Grain Silo, Including a Child. OSHA Can Do Nothing
In what may be the largest mass casualty workplace event this year, three workers were killed after being trapped in…
Farm Bill Drops OSHA Language that Would Have Endangered Chem Plant Workers
Workers in chemical facilities and those living nearby can sleep easier after the US Congress declined to include language in…