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Chemical Plant Safety Deconstructing the Administrative State Regulations and Standards Workplace Catastrophes

Written in Blood: Trump Appointee Reverses Lessons of Deepwater Horizon

March 11, 2018 Jordan Barab

They say that those who forget history are forced to repeat it. But when it comes to workplace and environmental…

Alex Acosta Budget OSHA Regulations and Standards Regulatory Process

Acosta to Defend DOL/OSHA Budget Tomorrow

March 5, 2018 Jordan Barab

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies will hold a hearing tomorrow morning…

Beryllium OSHA Regulations and Standards Regulatory Process

OSHA Announces Delay in Beryllium Standard Enforcement

March 5, 2018 Jordan Barab

Chronic beryllium disease is not a pretty thing. It causes scarring within the lungs, which eventually reduces the lungs’ ability…

House of Representatives OSHA Regulations and Standards Regulatory Process

OSHA Hearing: OSHA has Great Tools; Please Don’t Use Them. Hearing Report Part 3

March 2, 2018 Jordan Barab

The messages to OSHA from the Chamber of Commerce at this week’s House hearing were clear: Don’t (miss)use the General…

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House OSHA Hearing: What You Missed and What It Meant. Part 1

February 28, 2018 Jordan Barab

In a fiery rebuttal of Republican and employer attacks on OSHA during the Obama administration, former Assistant Secretary Dr. David…

Deconstructing the Administrative State Labor OSHA Regulations and Standards Regulatory Process

The Gang That Couldn’t (de)Regulate Straight

February 1, 2018 Jordan Barab

President Trump frequently boasts about “eliminating more regulations in our first year than any administration in history.” This is supposedly…

Deconstructing the Administrative State Regulations and Standards

For the Oil Industry: A Perfect Storm….of Favors

January 6, 2018 Jordan Barab

The holiday season just keeps on giving for the oil and gas industry: December 25, 2017: Wall St. Journal reports…

Deconstructing the Administrative State Regulations and Standards Regulatory Process

NY Times Story on Regulatory Policy Again Forgets Workers, Communities

January 2, 2018 Jordan Barab

The New York Times, in another rather questionable Front Page article, The Trump Effect: Business, Anticipating Less Regulation, Loosens Purse…

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The Year In Review: 2017 Edition

January 1, 2018 Jordan Barab

With the end of 2017 comes the end of the 10th month of new, revised, rejuvenated version of Confined Space.…

Agriculture Deconstructing the Administrative State OSHA Regulations and Standards

NY Times Misses the Point on “Regulatory Fatigue”

December 28, 2017 Jordan Barab

Buried in paragraph 6 of an article on Page 11 of today’s New York Times — right next to an…