“‘Horrible’ pictures of suffering moved Trump to action on Syria” How about horrible pictures here at home?
Patrick Walters, killed in a trench collapse, 2002 (NYT) Ed Reinke/Associated Press
The Week Is Over: Time to Go Home
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Of Dogs and Postal Workers
Dogs and postal workers are kind of like oil and water. They don’t usually mix. That’s the general impression, almost…
OSHA Delays Enforcement of Silica Standard
OSHA announced this afternoon that it was delaying enforcement of its silica standard in the construction industry for 90 days.…
Manhattan DA Calls For Higher Penalties for Workplace Fatalities
Manhattan NY District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. has called on New York State to raise the maximum penalty for corporate…
Scott Pruitt and President Trump’s Environmental Policies are Wonderful. EPA Says So.
Like OSHA, the Environmental Protection Agency has stopped issuing enforcement-related press releases. But the Public Affairs department at EPA has…
OSHA Enforcement: Going into Third Month with No Press Releases
Below is the third installment of large OSHA enforcement cases about which OSHA continues to issue no press releases. None.…
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Congressional Review Act
David Michaels
Deconstructing the Administrative State
OSHA
Recordkeeping
Trump
Volks Rule
Trump Signs Repeal of Volks Rule: Workers Lose
President Trump yesterday signed the resolution repealing the Volks rule , thereby permanently removing OSHA’s ability to cite patterns of…