2025 Confined Space Year in Review
Ah, the hopeful dawn of a new year! This is a time when we look back fondly at the events…
Appeals Court Opens the Way—Someday—to OSHA Regulation of Ergonomics
In an important, but almost un-noticed opinion last month, the federal Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (covering Michigan,…
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DOL Issues Spring 2025 Regulatory Agenda
Fall is in the air, so it’s high time for the Trump administration to issue its Spring 2025 Regulatory Agenda…
Trump & Republicans Escalate War on Coal Miners
Donald Trump has made a resurgence of the coal industry a top priority. That promise helped him win the nation’s…
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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Year in Review
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…