Beware of Trumps Bearing Gifts — or Ideas for Fixing Government
President Trump recently appointed his 36 year-old son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to head up an effort to make government more efficient.…
Safe and Sound: Of Carrots and Sticks
Workers concerned about safety and health in the workplace are heading for some rough days ahead with the current administration…
Michaels to Trump: Show Workers You Care About Their Safety
In an open letter to President Donald Trump, former OSHA Assistant Secretary David Michaels asks the President to show workers…
Acosta: Just Following Orders
“I was just following orders” has never seemed like a particularly convincing argument throughout history, but that seems to be…
OSHA Resumes Preventive Auto Parts Inspections
OSHA today officially renewed its Regional Emphasis Program (REP) targeting auto parts establishments in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Following the…
Work-Related Suicides: When work is so bad that you kill yourself
What can we say about working conditions when work becomes so bad that people kill themselves? Leeds University Research Sarah…
Large OSHA Enforcement Cases: Still Silence from OSHA — But Not From Confined Space
It has now been 41 days since OSHA has issued an enforcement-related press release. In 2016, OSHA issued 486 enforcement-related…
Labor Department Delays MSHA Rule Requiring Mines to be Safe Before Miners Start Work
The war against the war against mining continues as the Trump Labor Department attempts to save the mining industry from…
Auto Parts Industry Enforcement Update
Last week, following the devastating Bloomberg Business Week article detailing the human carnage in Southern auto parts facilities, I reported…
Trench Deaths: No Excuse
An average of 13 workers die every day on the job. Every day news articles are written, investigations are conducted,…