Industry calls EPA Proposal to Ban Bathtub Stripper a “Blatant and raw power grab”
Seventeen workers dying between 2000 and 2015 isn’t enough to convince the methylene chloride industry that more is needed than…
Dead in a Bathtub at 21
On April 28, while thousands of Americans were commemorating Workers Memorial Day, 21 year old Kevin Hartley was hard at…
Budget
Centers for Disease Control
Department of Labor
Environmental Protection Agency
Health Care Workers
OSHA
Short Stuff
Susan Harwood Worker Training Program
Short Stuff: Eating Squirrels, Killing Health Care Workers and….
More Budget Follies – CDC Edition: We’ve discussed Trump’s FY 18 budget proposal. OSHA and MSHA don’t come out too…
Beryllium
Environmental Protection Agency
Labor Unions
Office of Management and Budget
Short Stuff
Susan Harwood Worker Training Program
Workers Compensation
Short Stuff: News You Will Be Embarrassed Not to Know
Here’s the latest news that you can use to impress your friends and intimidate your enemies. Slashing and Burning: The…
Foxes, Henhouses and our Health
Earlier this week I reviewed a New York Times article on conflicts of interest among Trump political appointees that highlighted…
Asbestos: Still a Killer
Hear much about asbestos lately? Think it’s one of those hazards from the past? Think again. An estimated 50,000 workers…
EPA Cuts: Making America Crap Again
The New York Times points out how much everyone will love the Trump administration’s drastic 31 percent cuts to the…
Alex Acosta
Beryllium
Chemical Standards
David Michaels
Environmental Protection Agency
OSHA
Silica
Workplace Illness
Legal Does Not Mean Safe: The Fate of Chemical Protections for Workers in the Trump Era
The fact that most OSHA chemical standards are old, outdated and don’t protect workers very well is something that government,…
Scott Pruitt and President Trump’s Environmental Policies are Wonderful. EPA Says So.
Like OSHA, the Environmental Protection Agency has stopped issuing enforcement-related press releases. But the Public Affairs department at EPA has…
Chemical Safety Board
Congress
Congressional Review Act
Environmental Protection Agency
Process Safety Management
West Fertilizer Explosion
Industry Uses Unproven Arson Claim to Repeal Chemical Safety Rule
Chemical industry representatives are using unproven allegations that a criminal act caused the catastrophic 2013 West Texas explosion to try…