This Day in History: Farmington Mine Explosion Kills 78 Miners
On November 20, 1968, 40 50 years ago today, 78 miners died in an explosion at the Consol No. 9…
New Congress: New Opportunities
What changes for workplace safety can workers expect from the new Democratically controlled Congress next year? I give my best…
FY 2019 OSHA Budget Is Here: Good News, But More Work to be Done
Happy New Year!!! Hope you’re not still hung over from celebrating the dawn of Fiscal Year 2019. Well wake up,…
Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Battle For Workplace Safety: Short Stuff
Pork Processing Workers — From Bad to Worse: US meat workers are already three times more likely to suffer serious…
Blankenship: Negros, Chinapersons and 29 Dead Miners
There are a lot of things to hate Don Blankenship for. Putting production over safety leading to the deaths of…
Alex Acosta
Criminal Prosecution
Mine Safety
MSHA
Short Stuff
Wage and Hour Division
Workplace safety and health programs
Short Stuff: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety
Kentucky Limits Black Lung Claims Reviews: We have recently noted that black lung is back with a vengeance after almost…
It’s Always Something: Dispatches from the front lines of the battle for workplace safety
Black Lung is Back: After almost being eradicated in the late 1990, black lung is back, with a vengeance. Epidemiologists…
Alex Acosta
Budget
Chemical Safety Board
Congress
Harwood (See Susan Harwood Worker Training Program)
MSHA
NIOSH
Office of Management and Budget
OSHA
Susan Harwood Worker Training Program
Whistleblowers
Trump’s Worker Safety & Health Budget Again Undermines Worker Safety & Health
Earlier this week, President Trump submitted his Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposal. This is his second budget proposal and although…
Trump’s War on Coal (Miners) Continues
When I noted last week that OSHA had come out of the new Fall 2017 Regulatory Agenda relatively unscathed, I…