EPA Proposes to Rescind Obama Chemical Plant Protections; Puts Residents At Risk
Five years after a catastrophic ammonium nitrate explosion in West, Texas killed 15 persons, destroyed much of the city, and…
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Five years after a catastrophic ammonium nitrate explosion in West, Texas killed 15 persons, destroyed much of the city, and…
Michaels to Musk: Manage safety at Tesla and production will fall into line: Former OSHA head Dr. David Michaels has…
Check out the graphic on the right. What’s wrong with that picture? Somehow workers keep dying in trench collapses. Just…
When Spring is in the air, this man’s fancy turns to (where else?) the 2018 Spring Regulatory Agenda to discover…
OSHA and the Beryllium industry have reached a settlement regarding changes in OSHA’s Beryllium standard for general industry. The changes,…
Lots more today as Workers Memorial Day approaches: First, ME. The Economic Policy Institute has published a Workers Memorial Day…
A huge explosion rocked the Husky Energy Oil refinery in Superior, Wisconsin this morning, sending at least six workers to…
Five years ago tonight a fire broke out at the West Fertilizer company in West, Texas. Emergency responders rushed toward…
In a hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee today, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta today refused to commit not to…
OSHA seems to be devaluing advice from outside stakeholders — or at least from workers. We’ve written before about the…