MSHA Archives - Page 4 of 6 - Confined Space

Sat. Apr 19th, 2025

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

February 15, 2018 Jordan Barab

Earlier this week, President Trump submitted his Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposal. This is his second budget proposal and although…

Mine Safety MSHA Regulations and Standards Regulatory Process

Trump’s War on Coal (Miners) Continues

December 18, 2017 Jordan Barab

When I noted last week that OSHA had come out of the new Fall 2017 Regulatory Agenda relatively unscathed, I…

COSH Groups MSHA Short Stuff Temporary Employees Whistleblowers

Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety and Health: Short Stuff

December 13, 2017 Jordan Barab

COSHCON17 — The Young and the Active — : The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, the umbrella group…

Criminal Prosecution Environmental Protection Agency Health Care Workers MSHA Poultry Industry Short Stuff

Short Stuff: Short, But Interesting

November 21, 2017 Jordan Barab

There’s always so much to talk about. Luckily, you have me to distill it for you. Zatezalo to MSHA: The…

Harwood (See Susan Harwood Worker Training Program) Labor Unions Mine Safety MSHA OSHA Susan Harwood Worker Training Program

Catching Up: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety — Short Stuff

October 12, 2017 Jordan Barab

Just got back from a couple of weeks away and thought I’d spend some time catching up on what’s been…

Chemical Plant Safety Hurricane Harvey Immigrants International MSHA Office of Management and Budget Recordkeeping Short Stuff

Dispatches From the Front Lines of the War On Worker Safety: Short Stuff

September 11, 2017 Jordan Barab

The Incredible Disappearing Security Breach: Hard to know what to say about this. Remember that alleged security “breach” in OSHA’s…

Budget MSHA NIOSH OSHA Susan Harwood Worker Training Program

Good Budget News (For a Change)

September 7, 2017 Jordan Barab

Today the full Senate Appropriations Committee reported out the FY 2018 Labor-HHS Funding Bill. The bill maintains OSHA, MSHA and…

Budget MSHA OSHA Recordkeeping Silica

House Republican Budget Continues War on Worker Safety

September 7, 2017 Jordan Barab

The House of Representatives continued to wage its never-ending war on working people yesterday when the House Rules Committee voted…

Mine Safety MSHA

Blankenship Sponsors Nauseating, Error-ridden Commercial

September 6, 2017 Jordan Barab

Some of you may have had the misfortune over the last few nights to see this commercial. Produced and paid…

Mine Safety MSHA

Trump Names Coal Executive to Head MSHA

September 6, 2017 Jordan Barab

As deaths in coal mines rise, President Trump last Friday nominated retired coal mining executive David Zatezalo to head the…