Large OSHA Enforcement Cases: Still Silence from OSHA — But Not From Confined Space
It has now been 41 days since OSHA has issued an enforcement-related press release. In 2016, OSHA issued 486 enforcement-related…
OSHA Stops Preventive Inspections in Southern Auto Parts Industry
In the wake of yesterday’s devastating article in Bloomberg Business Week about the carnage in foreign-owned auto parts facilities in…
Cars stained with the blood of American workers
If you read nothing else this week, read this: Inside Alabama’s Auto Jobs Boom: Cheap Wages, Little Training, Crushed Limbs.…
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Acosta Hearing: We watched so you wouldn’t have to
Alexander Acosta, the President’s nominee for Secretary of Labor testified today before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee.…
OSHA Recordkeeping Rule Dead: Senate Votes. Workers Lose
The Senate just voted to repeal OSHA’s Volks rule making it impossible for OSHA to enforce its recordkeeping standard. Workers…
OSHA’s Volks Rule: No Additional Burden
By Peter Fox, Counselor to the Solicitor, US Department of Labor, 2016-2017. Before voting as early as this week on…
OSHA Enforcement Cases: They Won’t Tell You; We will
OSHA has stopped issuing press releases for large enforcement cases. In fact, the last enforcement press release was issued January…
More Articles on Devastating Labor Department and Workplace Safety Cuts
“There’s this assumption in Washington, Jonathan, that if you get less money, it’s a cut.” — Sean Spicer From some…
Worker Safety in Trump Times
New York Times reporter Barry Meier writes about OSHA’s failure to issue any enforcement-related press releases since inauguration and attacks…
Utah State OSHA Plan: Good for the boss, bad for me?
The Salt Lake City Tribune (partnering with The Utah Investigative Journalism Project) published an article last week entitled “Death on…