Do Fewer OSHA Inspectors Matter?
One sign that anti-OSHA conservatives are getting nervous about articles (and television appearances) highlighting the declining number of OSHA inspectors…
Trump Slashes OSHA Staffing, Endangering Workers
When the same party controls the White House and both houses of Congress, there is always a danger that Congress…
Alex Acosta
David Michaels
Department of Labor
Enforcement
Environmental Protection Agency
Harwood (See Susan Harwood Worker Training Program)
Regulations and Standards
Susan Harwood Worker Training Program
Year in Review
The Year In Review: 2017 Edition
With the end of 2017 comes the end of the 10th month of new, revised, rejuvenated version of Confined Space.…
Criminal Prosecution After Willful OSHA Citations for 5 Deaths at Tampa Electric?
On June 29, 2017, five workers were burned to death at Tampa Electric’s Big Bend Power Station — Michael McCort,…
“Anything goes” Death at Goodyear — in the Workplace and on the Road
Goodyear Tire and Rubber makes tires. They also seem to be good a killing people in a variety of different…
OSHA Rejects GAO Poultry Recommendations: Sees No Problem With Workers’ Restroom Access
In a surprising and disappointing apparent rollback of OSHA’s enforcement policy related to poultry inspections, Acting Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt…
OSHA Enforcement Update: Large Cases, More Press Releases.
At a Congressional hearing last month, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta extolled the virtues of compliance assistance, cooperation over confrontation…
OSHA to the Public: ‘You Can’t Handle The Truth!’
OSHA has engaged in a furious flurry of press activity over the past month. Well, “furious” by Trump-OSHA standards. By…
OSHA Issues Largest Workplace Violence Citation in its History. Good indication for the Future?
Although I am frequently critical of OSHA under the Trump administration, never let it be said that I have failed…