Trench Deaths: A Tale of Two Dakotas
Check out the graphic on the right. What’s wrong with that picture? Somehow workers keep dying in trench collapses. Just…
Full of Surprises: OSHA Spring Regulatory Agenda Released
When Spring is in the air, this man’s fancy turns to (where else?) the 2018 Spring Regulatory Agenda to discover…
OSHA and Industry Reach Beryllium Settlement
OSHA and the Beryllium industry have reached a settlement regarding changes in OSHA’s Beryllium standard for general industry. The changes,…
Read, Mourn and Fight — Especially Fight
Lots more today as Workers Memorial Day approaches: First, ME. The Economic Policy Institute has published a Workers Memorial Day…
Wisconsin Refinery Explosion Injures Workers, Causes Mass Evacuation
A huge explosion rocked the Husky Energy Oil refinery in Superior, Wisconsin this morning, sending at least six workers to…
5th Anniversary of West Fertilizer Explosion: Lessons Learned and Not Learned
Five years ago tonight a fire broke out at the West Fertilizer company in West, Texas. Emergency responders rushed toward…
Acosta Refuses To Commit to Preserving OSHA Recordkeeping Rule
In a hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee today, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta today refused to commit not to…
OSHA: We don’t need no stinkin’ advice — from workers
OSHA seems to be devaluing advice from outside stakeholders — or at least from workers. We’ve written before about the…
OSHA Issues Tiny Penalty for Three Communication Tower Deaths
OSHA has fined Tower King II Inc. $12,934 for the death of three workers who were attempting to install a…
Oops! Sessions on OSHA, Immigration and California
You have to hand it to Jeff Sessions. He knows his audience. Or at least he tries to. Yesterday Sessions…