OSHA: Ron DeSantis’s “Regulatory Leviathan”
0SHA is every Republican’s favorite punching bag. Including Florida Governor and Presidential aspirant Ron DeSantis. In the 1980’s, Vermont Senator…
Weekly Toll: The Last Shift
Last week, workers were electrocuted, shot, and killed in explosions, falls, logging and vehicle incidents On average, over 100 workers…
City Turns Contractor into OSHA for Trench Hazards
Last Fall, I wrote about the failure of my city’s public works department to enforce safe working conditions for the…
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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety & Health
Bring OSHA into the 21st Century The Occupational Safety and Health Act just had its 52nd birthday. OSHA was born…
What the Debt Ceiling Agreement Means for Workplace Safety
So, assuming radical Republicans don’t sabotage the agreement that their fearless leader, Speaker Kevin McCarthy, reached with President Biden, we…
Weekly Toll: Killed at Work
Last week workers were killed in explosions, fires, lightning, falls, building collapses, forklift incidents, shootings and vehicle incidents. On average,…
Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home
Last Week workers were killed in fires, falls, shootings, machinery incidents, logging, vehicle incidents and assaults. On average, over 100…
Gaming the System: How Wealthy Coal Operators are Undermining the Solvency of the Black Lung Benefits Program
The following post is somewhat long and complicated. Read it anyway. At its core, this is the same age-old story…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
Last Week workers were killed in explosions, falls, shootings, tree cutting, vehicle incidents and trapped in a freezer. On average,…
Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
I just finished a post about how a hidden provision of the Republican debt limit extortion bill would kill OSHA…