Radium Girls: Glowing and Dying
If you caught “Weekend Edition” on NPR this morning, you heard a fascinating, but tragic interview with Kate Moore about…
Hit the fu**ing Road Jack: Why we need a strong OSHA enforcement program.
This is not generally how a good company wants a supervisor to respond to a worker who reports unsafe conditions:…
Foxes, Henhouses and our Health
Earlier this week I reviewed a New York Times article on conflicts of interest among Trump political appointees that highlighted…
Your Job or Your Life
I just received an invitation to a Washington DC Workers Memorial Day event titled “No worker should have to sacrifice…
Congress gets front row look at death in the workplace
A Congressperson looking out the office window or crossing the street to the Capitol yesterday morning could would have witnessed…
Shaming OSHA
Well, if Mr. Sulu thinks it’s a big deal…..It seems that we here at Confined Space and you, our faithful…
Swamp Monster in the White House: See no evil, fix no evil.
Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank makes no secret about disliking Donald Trump. Instead of “draining the swamp” as he promised…
OSHA Regulations: The Next Target
By Scott Schneider After last fall’s election, with Republicans in charge of both the White House and Congress, it was…
Weekly Toll: Death In the American Workplace
Another depressing installment of the Weekly Toll. Note that there are 39 fatalities listed here, going back, more or less,…
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Making Recess Fun Again: One more week left of Congressional recess. Anyone talked to their Senator or Representative about not…