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…
Shaming OSHA
Well, if Mr. Sulu thinks it’s a big deal…..It seems that we here at Confined Space and you, our faithful…
Swamp Monster in the White House: See no evil, fix no evil.
Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank makes no secret about disliking Donald Trump. Instead of “draining the swamp” as he promised…
Asbestos: Still a Killer
Hear much about asbestos lately? Think it’s one of those hazards from the past? Think again. An estimated 50,000 workers…
Workers Memorial Day, April 28
Workers Memorial Day — when people from around the world come together to remember those who have been killed, injured…