Reefer Madness: Death of Cannabis Worker
Last January 4, 2022, 27-year-old Lorna McMurrey went into cardiac arrest at Trulieve’s cannabis cultivation facility in Holyoke, Massachusetts and…
Methylene Chloride: Parents, Groups Sue over EPA’s “Breach of Trust”
Families and public interest groups are suing EPA over the agency's failure to completely ban Methylene Chloride
EPA Methylene Chloride Double-Cross
As Confined Space readers know, the solvent Methylene Chloride has killed dozens of workers and consumers who used the material…
Oil Field Workers: “We’ve just got to find a way not to kill them.”
American workers drilling for oil have dirty, dangerous jobs that often kills them. In return, they're covered by weaker OSHA…
Chemical Standards
David Michaels
Environmental Protection Agency
Infectious Diseases
Poultry Industry
Short Stuff
Dispatches from the Front Lines of Workplace and Environmental Safety: Short Stuff
The High Price of Clean Rooms: Thousands of Marriott hotel workers are on strike in 23 hotels in Detroit, Boston, San…
Century Foundation: EPA Foot-Dragging on Methylene Chloride Is Endangering Workers and Consumers
Check out my commentary on The Century Foundation’s website on EPA’s foot-dragging on banning the use of methylene chloride as…
Chemical Standards
Congressional Review Act
David Michaels
Environmental Protection Agency
OSHA
Short Stuff
West Fertilizer Explosion
Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety: Short Stuff
Michaels to Musk: Manage safety at Tesla and production will fall into line: Former OSHA head Dr. David Michaels has penned…
Rest in Power: Workplace Safety Heroes John Mehring and Samuel Epstein
The workplace safety movement lost two of its heroes over in March — one fairly well known (enough to get…
Methylene Chloride Deaths: “All Preventable”
Methylene chloride kills. We wrote about 21-year old Kevin Hartley last June. He died last April 29 — Workers Memorial…
OSHA Alliance: Protecting Workers or Protecting the Chemical Industry?
OSHA may have strong principles about not issuing press releases that might embarrass companies that endanger or kill workers, but…