BREAKING: OSHA Announces Delay of Recordkeeping Rule
Probably hoping no one would notice, OSHA today subtly buried an “Update” deep in its website, announcing that it intends…
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Chemical Standards
Construction
Office of Management and Budget
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Silica
Industry Petitions OSHA to Reopen Silica Standard
Representatives of the construction industry, as well as general industry have petitioned Labor Secretary Alex Acosta to reopen the silica…
Democrats Introduce Bill to Overturn Republican Repeal of Recordkeeping Rule
Democratic leaders in the US Senate and House of Representatives have introduced legislation that would reverse the Republican’s recent repeal…
Agriculture
Department of Labor
International
Mine Safety
MSHA
Office of Management and Budget
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Regulations and Standards
Short Stuff
Short Stuff: Information to Make Your Life More Interesting
Raw Sewage and A Foot per Worker: The Labor Department filed a lawsuit against G Farms in El Mirage, Arizona…
Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home
The latest list of workers not coming home at the end of the shift Jimmy Ray Baker, 45 of Houston…
OSHA Press Releases Hide Behind “Cloak of Invisibility”
After almost four months, the Trump Administration’s OSHA has issued only two enforcement-related press releases, despite having issued well over…
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…
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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…