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Industry Petitions OSHA to Reopen Silica Standard

May 17, 2017 Jordan Barab

Representatives of the construction industry, as well as general industry have petitioned Labor Secretary Alex Acosta to reopen the silica…

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Short Stuff: Information to Make Your Life More Interesting

May 16, 2017 Jordan Barab

Raw Sewage and A Foot per Worker: The Labor Department filed a lawsuit against G Farms in El Mirage, Arizona…

OSHA Press Releases Hide Behind “Cloak of Invisibility”

May 15, 2017 Jordan Barab

After almost four months, the Trump Administration’s OSHA has issued only two enforcement-related press releases, despite having issued well over…

Blame the Worker OSHA

“Unavoidable Employee Misconduct?” No.

May 8, 2017 Jordan Barab

A coffee packaging machine gets jammed, and the employee, instead of shutting the machine down, reaches under the machine guards…

Alex Acosta OSHA Press Releases

OSHA Issues Second Enforcement Press Release

May 5, 2017 Jordan Barab

Could Alex Acosta be ushering in a new era at OSHA (or maybe re-ushering in an old era)? Yesterday OSHA…

OSHA Walkaround

Walkaround: Trump’s OSHA Attacks Workers’ Rights

May 3, 2017 Jordan Barab

Summary One of the main challenges of running an agency like OSHA is ensuring that a mid-20th century law adequately…

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FY 2017 OSHA Budget Slashes Funding in Standards, Statistics

May 1, 2017 Jordan Barab

The FY 2017 Omnibus Budget bill that was released by Congress today provides a flat overall budget for the Occupational…

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The First Hundred Days of Trump’s OSHA: Ain’t Seen Nuthin’ Yet?

April 28, 2017 Jordan Barab

Today is Workers Memorial Day, a day set aside around the world to remember those killed on the job —…

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Sacrificing Your Health For Paycheck: NELP Report on Severe Injuries — Especially in Poultry

April 27, 2017 Jordan Barab

Twenty-seven workers suffer severe injuries involving hospitalization or an amputation every day, according to the National Employment Law Project (NELP)…

Enforcement OSHA Press Releases

OSHA Enforcement: OSHA Continues to Protect Employers from Hazardous Press Releases.

April 24, 2017 Jordan Barab

Twenty more companies succeeded over the past week in hiding federal OSHA enforcement actions from the withering public scrutiny that…

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