AFL-CIO Issues 2024 Death on the Job Report
If you were to imagine a bible of occupational safety and health, combined with a review of where we are…
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The 2023 Confined Space Year In Review
Happy New Year. It’s time to look back on the events of 2023 before they’re permanently buried beneath the tragic…
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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
Lots happening in the world of workplace safety and health. OSHA and MSHA are making progress on several standards and…
OSHA’s Spring Regulatory Agenda: Meh!
The White House has released its Spring 2022 Regulatory Agenda and I’m not jumping for joy. At this rate, it…
Health Care Workers Hit Hard by COVID
It should come as no surprise that health care workers were hit hard by COVID-19. And if there was any…
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Protecting America’s Workers Act Introduced. Would Strengthen OSHA and Workers’ Rights
Congressman Joe Courtney has introduced a new and improved version of the Protecting America's Workers Act which significantly expands workers'…
Undermining Worker Safety — Despite Laws and Shutdowns
Regulatory doo doo — to use the technical term — seems to be where the Department of Labor is finding…
Update: OSHA Sued Over Recordkeeping Rollback
Public Citizen has filed a lawsuit against OSHA to block its rollback of the electronic recordkeeping standard. The Chamber of…
OSHA’s Sorry Justification for Repealing Recordkeeping Requirements
Here we do a deep dive into OSHA's faulty reasoning for rolling back parts of the Obama Administration's "electronic recordkeeping…
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OSHA Announces Rollback of Recordkeeping Requirements
OSHA today released the text of its partial rollback of the Obama administrations "electronic recordkeeping" rule that requires some employers…