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
Lot’s 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…
Weekly Toll: Human Statistics Who Won’t Be Coming Home
A list of a few of the workers in this country who died on the job last week.
Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety: Short Stuff
Your job or you unborn child. Your job or your bladder. Your job or your life. These are the choices…
Cheer Up: More Bad News
The sorry attempt to place Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court isn’t the only bad news depressing us here at…
Agriculture
Construction
Criminal Prosecution
Environmental Protection Agency
Heat
Short Stuff
Workplace Violence
Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety: Short Stuff
“They Treat Us Like Mules”: “They will break you down and then throw you away.” That’s what construction worker Ernesto Rivera…
Agriculture
Brett Kavanaugh
Deconstructing the Administrative State
Enforcement
Environmental Protection Agency
Short Stuff
Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety: Short Stuff
Poison Food, Poisoned Workers: Eyal Press of The Intercept writes about chronic health problems that have plagued Jessica Robertson since she began…