A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues
Here we do a deep dive into OSHA’s faulty reasoning for rolling back parts of the Obama Administration’s “electronic recordkeeping rule” that required employers to send injury and illness information in to OSHA.
OSHA today released the text of its partial rollback of the Obama administrations “electronic recordkeeping” rule that requires some employers to send detailed information about injuries and illnesses to the agency.
The AFL-CIO has asked the White House Office of Management and Budget to recall the administration’s rule rolling back workplace injury reporting requirements because the labor federation’s request to meet with administration officials was ignored before OMB approved the final regulation last week. As I wrote last week, OMB approved the apparent regulatory roll-back, but because…
A new Reuters investigative piece describes how industry influence has gotten OSHA to weaken worker protections from exposure to beryllium.
We wrote last month about an PBS/Frontline story by Howard Berkes about the return of black lung, how the mixture of coal dust and silica were ripping miners’ lungs apart, and the government agencies that were unable to stop the problem. Tonight, tune in to your local PBS station where Frontline and PBS will be…
Line worker killed by falling tree in Middletown MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (WTNH) – An Eversource subcontractor was killed in Middletown on Sunday by a falling tree, according to police. At approximately 3:17 p.m. Sunday, a subcontractor for Eversource was repairing a line on Millbrook Road in the area of 1233. As the repair was completed a tree fell on top of the lineman, causing…
OIRA has rushed to approve OSHA’s rollback of its recordkeeping regulation despite the fact that the agency review the regulation is closed down. But because the Federal Register is closed down, we don’t know what the final, approved regulation actually says.
Families and public interest groups are suing EPA over the agency’s failure to completely ban Methylene Chloride
Do good. Get paid. The New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) is seeking an Associate Director to direct safety and health education, training, research, and advocacy work in the Metropolitan New York area. Candidate must have a background in safety and health and labor, and managerial and supervisory experience. You can email resumes…
Scott Mugno is back on deck, renominated to head the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Will he make it to the big leagues this time around? Stay tuned.