Has Prison Rehabilitated Don Blankenship?
Don Blankenship got out of jail this week and instead of taking the path of penitence after a year of…
AFL-CIO
Alex Acosta
Deconstructing the Administrative State
Office of Management and Budget
Regulations and Standards
Regulatory Process
Making OSHA More Effective: President Trump and Secretary Acosta Need Your Help!
President Trump and Labor Secretary Acosta need you to do something for your country. On March 13, President Trump signed…
Liberty Mutual to Close its Famed Research Institute
The country is about to lose a major player in safety and health research, and it couldn’t come at a…
Workplace Death: Freak Accident or Preventable?
Sometimes, when you’re reading about the tragedies in the Weekly Toll, there are a few that you think, “Well, that’s…
Beryllium
Environmental Protection Agency
Labor Unions
Office of Management and Budget
Short Stuff
Susan Harwood Worker Training Program
Workers Compensation
Short Stuff: News You Will Be Embarrassed Not to Know
Here’s the latest news that you can use to impress your friends and intimidate your enemies. Slashing and Burning: The…
Weekly Toll: Remembering Those Who Aren’t Coming Home
The latest deaths in the workplace, at least as many as I can locate. Lots of vehicle related fatalities this…
“Unavoidable Employee Misconduct?” No.
A coffee packaging machine gets jammed, and the employee, instead of shutting the machine down, reaches under the machine guards…
OSHA Issues Second Enforcement Press Release
Could Alex Acosta be ushering in a new era at OSHA (or maybe re-ushering in an old era)? Yesterday OSHA…
Walkaround: Trump’s OSHA Attacks Workers’ Rights
Summary One of the main challenges of running an agency like OSHA is ensuring that a mid-20th century law adequately…
Short Stuff: Must-reads
Less Than Chickens In a MUST-READ article, Pro Publica’s Mike Grabell describes the plight of Case Farms poultry workers, most…