“I had to watch this poor kid’s head get crushed”
Common procedure for a workplace fatality: Blame the worker. Then blame the guy who warned that the workplace was dangerous.…
OSHA Enforcement: Going into Third Month with No Press Releases
Below is the third installment of large OSHA enforcement cases about which OSHA continues to issue no press releases. None.…
Safe and Sound: Of Carrots and Sticks
Workers concerned about safety and health in the workplace are heading for some rough days ahead with the current administration…
OSHA Resumes Preventive Auto Parts Inspections
OSHA today officially renewed its Regional Emphasis Program (REP) targeting auto parts establishments in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Following the…
Large OSHA Enforcement Cases: Still Silence from OSHA — But Not From Confined Space
It has now been 41 days since OSHA has issued an enforcement-related press release. In 2016, OSHA issued 486 enforcement-related…
Auto Parts Industry Enforcement Update
Last week, following the devastating Bloomberg Business Week article detailing the human carnage in Southern auto parts facilities, I reported…
OSHA Stops Preventive Inspections in Southern Auto Parts Industry
In the wake of yesterday’s devastating article in Bloomberg Business Week about the carnage in foreign-owned auto parts facilities in…
Cars stained with the blood of American workers
If you read nothing else this week, read this: Inside Alabama’s Auto Jobs Boom: Cheap Wages, Little Training, Crushed Limbs.…
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Acosta Hearing: We watched so you wouldn’t have to
Alexander Acosta, the President’s nominee for Secretary of Labor testified today before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee.…
OSHA Enforcement Cases: They Won’t Tell You; We will
OSHA has stopped issuing press releases for large enforcement cases. In fact, the last enforcement press release was issued January…