OSHA Penalties: How Low Can You Go?
Penalties for violating OSHA standards and imperiling workers health and lives are already embarrassingly low. But apparently not low enough…
Trump Budget to Workers: Drop Dead
In Washington DC, the classical way to attempt to hide bad news is to announce it late Friday afternoon. And…
AFL-CIO Issues 2025 Death on the Job Report
Workers Memorial Day is April 28, and right on schedule, the AFL-CIO has released its annual Death on the Job…
Closing OSHA Offices will Not Save Money; It will Increase Worker Injuries, Illnesses and Deaths
Elon Musk’s DOGE team has announced that eleven OSHA area offices will be closed, presumably to save money on the…
An Open Letter to the Good People of Michigan
Dear Michiganders: You have a beautiful state. Though I don’t live there, I have friends who do, and I have…
Democrats Demand Answers on DOL Book Burning
Democrats are fighting back. Earlier this week, Confined Space reported that numerous OSHA health and safety documents had been banned…
Unions Refile Lawsuit to Keep DOGE Out of DOL
A group of AFL-CIO unions, an economic think tank and partner organizations filed an amended lawsuit to protect the confidential…
Trump Picks OSHA/MSHA Heads
Lot’s happening (and some things not happening). Chavez DeRemer Snowed Out Not happening for now is the confirmation hearing for…
Contact Me (Confidentially)
To all OSHA or DOL staff. If you know what’s going on at DOL or OSHA with Trump, Elon, etc,…
Musk Comes to DOL and Corporate America Takes Over OSHA
Something Elon This Way Comes It was only a matter of time. Numerous sources report that Elon Musk and his…