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…
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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…
Weekly Toll: Death in the Workplace
Death in the workplace does not stop for Workers Memorial Day Cab driver shot and killed while on duty NEW…
FY 2017 OSHA Budget Slashes Funding in Standards, Statistics
The FY 2017 Omnibus Budget bill that was released by Congress today provides a flat overall budget for the Occupational…
Trump’s Attacks on Immigrants: Bad for all workers, good employers and workplace safety
Read this article in The Nation by Terri Gerstein. Gerstein was formerly Labor Bureau Chief in the New York State…