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Sacramento Bee investigative series documents shocking management failures at Cal/OSHA
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March 13, 2017 Jordan Barab

New York Times reporter Barry Meier writes about OSHA’s failure to issue any enforcement-related press releases since inauguration and attacks…

Fall Prevention Penalties

Barringer: Violate, rinse, repeat. Repeat again. And again.

March 13, 2017 Jordan Barab

Those of you who were quick on the draw may have noticed that for a few minutes this afternoon I…

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Volks Vote Postponed

March 13, 2017 Jordan Barab

Good news. The Senate vote on repealing the Volks rule has been postponed from tomorrow until next week. Repeal of…

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Utah State OSHA Plan: Good for the boss, bad for me?

March 13, 2017 Jordan Barab

The Salt Lake City Tribune (partnering with The Utah Investigative Journalism Project) published an article last week entitled “Death on…

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URGENT: Senate Poised to Take Away Worker Safety Protections

March 11, 2017 Jordan Barab

On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on S.J Res 27/H.J. Res 83 repealing the so-called “Volks Rule.”…

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