OSHA Press Releases Hide Behind “Cloak of Invisibility”
After almost four months, the Trump Administration’s OSHA has issued only two enforcement-related press releases, despite having issued well over…
“Unavoidable Employee Misconduct?” No.
A coffee packaging machine gets jammed, and the employee, instead of shutting the machine down, reaches under the machine guards…
OSHA Issues Second Enforcement Press Release
Could Alex Acosta be ushering in a new era at OSHA (or maybe re-ushering in an old era)? Yesterday OSHA…
Walkaround: Trump’s OSHA Attacks Workers’ Rights
Summary One of the main challenges of running an agency like OSHA is ensuring that a mid-20th century law adequately…
FY 2017 OSHA Budget Slashes Funding in Standards, Statistics
The FY 2017 Omnibus Budget bill that was released by Congress today provides a flat overall budget for the Occupational…
Alex Acosta
Chemical Safety Board
Congressional Review Act
Deconstructing the Administrative State
Department of Labor
OSHA
Susan Harwood Worker Training Program
Trump
Volks Rule
Workers Memorial Day
The First Hundred Days of Trump’s OSHA: Ain’t Seen Nuthin’ Yet?
Today is Workers Memorial Day, a day set aside around the world to remember those killed on the job —…
Sacrificing Your Health For Paycheck: NELP Report on Severe Injuries — Especially in Poultry
Twenty-seven workers suffer severe injuries involving hospitalization or an amputation every day, according to the National Employment Law Project (NELP)…
OSHA Enforcement: OSHA Continues to Protect Employers from Hazardous Press Releases.
Twenty more companies succeeded over the past week in hiding federal OSHA enforcement actions from the withering public scrutiny that…
Hit the fu**ing Road Jack: Why we need a strong OSHA enforcement program.
This is not generally how a good company wants a supervisor to respond to a worker who reports unsafe conditions:…
Your Job or Your Life
I just received an invitation to a Washington DC Workers Memorial Day event titled “No worker should have to sacrifice…