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Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety: Short Stuff

August 15, 2018 Jordan Barab

Poison Food, Poisoned Workers: Eyal Press of The Intercept writes about chronic health problems that have plagued Jessica Robertson since…

Enforcement OSHA Trench Collapse

Worker Not Crushed to Death in Trench Collapse

August 7, 2018 Jordan Barab

What does it take for some employers to get the message? OSHA announced yesterday that it had issued citations with…

Enforcement OSHA

OSHA Comings and Goings

August 7, 2018 Jordan Barab

Mostly goings. Tom Galassi, OSHA’s Director of Enforcement Programs retired as of last week. Tom is a certified industrial hygienist…

AFL-CIO Enforcement OSHA

OSHA Enforcement in Decline Data Shows

June 13, 2018 Jordan Barab

Words Words Words I’m so sick of words I get words all day through First from him, now from you…

Alex Acosta Budget Enforcement OSHA

Acosta Refuses To Commit to Preserving OSHA Recordkeeping Rule

April 12, 2018 Jordan Barab

In a hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee today, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta today refused to commit not to…

Enforcement OSHA

OSHA Issues Tiny Penalty for Three Communication Tower Deaths

March 30, 2018 Jordan Barab

OSHA has fined Tower King II Inc. $12,934 for the death of three workers who were attempting to install a…

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Indiana OSHA Cuts Penalty 94% for Fatality at Indiana Auto Parts Facility

January 29, 2018 Jordan Barab

Last October, Melissa Stephens went to work on third shift at Autonium in Jeffersonville, Indiana. She never came home to…

Budget Enforcement OSHA

Government Shutdown: What Does It Mean For OSHA — And For Workers

January 19, 2018 Jordan Barab

As we go to press, it looks likely that the federal government, including the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, will…

Enforcement OSHA

Do Fewer OSHA Inspectors Matter?

January 16, 2018 Jordan Barab

One sign that anti-OSHA conservatives are getting nervous about articles (and television appearances) highlighting the declining number of OSHA inspectors…

Alex Acosta Budget Congress Enforcement OSHA

Trump Slashes OSHA Staffing, Endangering Workers

January 8, 2018 Jordan Barab

When the same party controls the White House and both houses of Congress, there is always a danger that Congress…

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