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Violent Assaults Against Workers Continue While OSHA continues to sloooowly make progress on its standard to protect healthcare workers against…

So much happening, so little time to write about it. What’s been going on in the world of workplace safety…

Unions are struggling. Workers are intimidated. Congress is comatose. The courts are rigged. OSHA is too small and drastically underfunded.…

Lots happening in the world of workplace safety and health. OSHA and MSHA are making progress on several standards and…

Mine Employee and Company Convicted of Falsifying Coal Dust Sampling Walter Perkins, a coal dust examiner in Harlan County, KY,…

Sometimes I wish I could just stay home in bed. But dogs need walking, and this aging body needs exercise.…

For regulatory nerds, no days are more exciting than when the White House Office of Regulatory and Interagency Affairs (OIRA)…

Howard Berkes has published a major investigative piece for NPR/Frontline on the resurgence of black lung among coal miners. Read…

In some fairly good news for workers who want to live a full life, but work in foundries or manufacture…

Inhaling silica dust can cause silicosis, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and kidney disease. OSHA’s 45 year old standards…

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