Entertainers Deserve No Safety: OSHA Wants to Restricts Use of General Duty Clause
Earlier this week, OSHA dumped dozens of deregulatory proposals into the Federal Register — most dealing with respirator issues, as…
OSHA Heat Hearing: The Battle Commences
The first week of the public hearing on OSHA’s Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Indoor and Outdoor Workplaces proposed…
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2024 Confined Space Year in Review
As 2024 thankfully disappears into the sunset, now we can all look forward, with great confidence to….2029? The one definite…
Does One-Size-Fit-All?
At last month’s House hearing on OSHA standards we constantly heard the tired refrain that OSHA standards are a “one-size-fits-all”…
House to Hold Hearing to Trash OSHA Standards
In case you don’t have anything better to do at 9:00 EDT tomorrow morning, tune in here to watch a…
Fate of Spring Regulatory Agenda is Riden’ With Biden
The federal Spring Regulatory Agenda was released a few days ago, but the fate of future OSHA standards is linked…
Fall Regulatory Agenda: Blah
BREAKING NEWS: The Fall 2023 Regulatory Agenda has been released! And that’s pretty much the beginning and end of the…
Beyond Disappointing: OSHA’s Spring 2023 Regulatory Agenda
As many of you who closely follow the headlines know, the biggest news this week was not that Donald Trump…
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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety & Health
Bring OSHA into the 21st Century The Occupational Safety and Health Act just had its 52nd birthday. OSHA was born…
Republicans Weaponize Debt Limit Fight to Destroy Worker Protections
Republicans are coming after worker protections, in Congress and in the courts — yet again. This time in a little-noticed…