Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
What’s happening in the world of workplace safety and health? Lots. And lots of work to be done. Here are…
Workers and COVID-19: Who lives and who dies
I rant frequently about the lack of data — or possibly interest — revealing the severe health impact of COVID-19…
OSHA COVID-19 Standard Approaches as CDC and Republicans Complicate Matters
OSHA rulemaking is never easy. Even for an infectious disease that continues to kill over 400 Americans every day. OSHA…
Short Stuff: Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safty
Amazon Prime: Hazardous Workplaces and Possible Fraudulent Conduct Here’s some rare good news. It’s well known that Amazon facilities are…
Short Stuff: Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety
Texas County Official Try To Protect Citizen From Pollution, but the State is Trying to Stop Them The goal of…
OSHA Healthcare Worker COVID-19 Hearing Starts Today
OSHA’s rulemaking hearing for a permanent standard to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 begins this morning at 9:30 a.m. The…
Telework and Resilience: What’s the Missing Element?
The COVID-19 pandemic has radically altered the way we work, and the way work is organized. Mandatory and voluntary lockdowns…
Triumph of Hope over Evidence: The Biden Administration’s COVID Year in Review
Last week I took the opportunity of the first anniversary of President Biden’s worker protection Executive Order to review the…
OSHA Announces Permanent Health Care Worker COVID Standard
Never a dull moment here in Washington DC. OSHA has announced that it will have a COVID-19 standard covering health…
One Year Later: Worker Protection From COVID
Today is the first anniversary of President Biden’s Executive Order (EO) directing OSHA to issue an Emergency Temporary Standard to…