It’s Always Something: Dispatches from the front lines of the battle for workplace safety
Black Lung is Back: After almost being eradicated in the late 1990, black lung is back, with a vengeance. Epidemiologists…
Indiana OSHA Cuts Penalty 94% for Fatality at Indiana Auto Parts Facility
Last October, Melissa Stephens went to work on third shift at Autonium in Jeffersonville, Indiana. She never came home to…
Maryland Refuses to Protect Construction Workers From Deadly Silica Dust
Inhaling silica dust can cause silicosis, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and kidney disease. OSHA’s 45 year old standards…
Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Battle for Safe and Health Workplaces: Short Stuff
The moral of this week’s stories is that if you find yourself eating pork chops at your fancy seaside hotel…
California Makes Major Move to Protect Refinery Workers (and communities in their shadow)
It’s not all bad news out there. While Washington sucks workers down into an abyss of corporate anarchy, the State…
Feds Crack Down on Arizona OSHA…For Now.
There are a couple of stories here. Recent headlines report on an OSHA letter warning Arizona OSHA that it is…
Public Employees: Too Late to be Concerned After a Death
The Massachusetts Senate has voted to expand the death benefit for public employees who die on the job to $300,000.…
Utah State OSHA Plan: Good for the boss, bad for me?
The Salt Lake City Tribune (partnering with The Utah Investigative Journalism Project) published an article last week entitled “Death on…