Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety: Short Stuff
When it comes to attacks on workplace safety and workers' rights, it's always something. Read all about it here. You…
UPDATE: OSHA, the Department of Labor and the Shut Down
Life at the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are in chaos with a growing number…
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2018: The Workplace Safety and Health Year in Review
2018 is gone and buried. What happened in the world of workplace safety and health? What can we learn that…
Oil Field Workers: “We’ve just got to find a way not to kill them.”
American workers drilling for oil have dirty, dangerous jobs that often kills them. In return, they're covered by weaker OSHA…
No OSHA Head This Session
Looks like OSHA will continue to be leaderless for the near future.
Death on the Job: 2017 Fatality Numbers Released
The Bureau of Labor Statistics today released its 2017 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries — and it contained good news…
Court Says OSHA Can Be Sued For Recordkeeping Delay
District Court rejects OSHA's motion to dismiss Public Citizen recordkeeping lawsuit claiming the agency violated the law.
Final OSHA Recordkeeping Rollback Goes to OMB Review
OSHA has submitted its rollback of its electronic recordkeeping rule to White House review ahead of schedule. What's going on?
Mugno or not to Mugno: The Senate Must Decide
As the sun sets on the 115th Congress and the mid-point of this term of the Trump administration, the sun…
Kentucky OSHA: NPR Story On State’s Failure to Enforce
Listen here to an NPR investigative story on serious investigation and enforcement problems at Kentucky OSHA. I wrote about this…