New Congress: New Opportunities
What changes for workplace safety can workers expect from the new Democratically controlled Congress next year? I give my best…
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Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety: Short Stuff
OSHA: The Incredible Shrinking Agency: The number of OSHA inspectors has hit an all-time low according to data compiled by…
Shot, Stabbed and Assaulted: Violence Against Nurses
Check out this excellent video on workplace violence against nurses by Newsy investigative reporter Patrick Terpstra. Aside from the jarring…
Hiding Injuries at Tesla: Where The Worker Still Doesn’t Matter.
Under-recording of workplace injuries and illnesses is bad, and far too common. But at the automaker Tesla, in Fremont, California,…
Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety: Short Stuff
Workers Can Participate in CSB Investigations: A major goal of the Occupational Safety and Health Act is to encourage workers…
Mar-Jack: OSHA Inspectors “Are Not There For Us”
I wrote earlier this month about a court decision in the Mar-Jac case restricting OSHA’s ability to expand inspections at…
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Fall 2018 Regulatory Agenda: No Surprises
Lots happening these days: the grizzly murder of a Saudi journalist, baseball championships (Go Dodgers!!), mid-term elections, Presidential temper tantrums…
OSHA Weakens Workers’ Protections Against Retaliation for Reporting Injuries
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a memo Thursday weakening workers’ protection against employer retaliation for reporting injuries and…
Harder Times for Poultry Workers
A 59-year-old employee at Allen Harim poultry plant in Harbeson, Delaware was killed last week from a serious head trauma…