Workplace Heat Protections: Forward for the Feds; Progress and Coup in California
As the nation plunges into the summer’s first major heat wave, protections for workers seem have taken a couple of…
Florida Solves Climate Change!
Good news America! Florida has solved climate change. Not be reducing greenhouse gases, championing renewable energy, and moving to electric…
Shaking My Head
SMH Sometimes you don’t know whether to laugh or to cry. In this case, both. Check out the photo above.…
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
New Mexico OSHA Cites City of Roswell for Fatal Trench Collapse New Mexico OSHA has issued a $621,768 citation against…
Heat: Blood on the Hands of DeSantis, Florida Republicans
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis may have crashed and burned in the Presidential primary race, but he’s leading the pack for…
It’s Getting Hotter: The Climate, Heat Protections and Politics
It’s getting hot out there. The planet experienced its hottest year on record in 2023, and temperatures are expected to…
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
Kill, Kill Again What does it take to get companies to stop killing their workers — especially when they do…
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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
Violent Assaults Against Workers Continue While OSHA continues to sloooowly make progress on its standard to protect healthcare workers against…
USPS Heat Death Draws Small OSHA Fine. And Huge Anger
On June 20, 2023 postal worker Eugene Gates died from heat stroke while delivering mail on his route in Lakewood,…
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Year in Review
The 2023 Confined Space Year In Review
Happy New Year. It’s time to look back on the events of 2023 before they’re permanently buried beneath the tragic…