Century Foundation: EPA Foot-Dragging on Methylene Chloride Is Endangering Workers and Consumers
Check out my commentary on The Century Foundation’s website on EPA’s foot-dragging on banning the use of methylene chloride as…
House Subcommittee Votes to Cut OSHA Funding
The House of Representatives Labor/HHS Appropriations Subcommittee has reported out a bill cutting overall OSHA funding from $552.78 million in…
OSHA Enforcement in Decline Data Shows
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OSHA Weakens Voluntary Protection Programs’ Integrity
OSHA issued a new policy document last week for its Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP), weakening measures taken in the last…
OSHA Silica Standard to Come Into Effect June 23 — with 30-day enforcement delay
In some fairly good news for workers who want to live a full life, but work in foundries or manufacture…
Weekly Toll: Last Week’s Workplace Fatalities
Another week, and another list of preventable deaths. Two double fatalities this week: Two workers killed in a power plant…
19 Year-Old Worker Killed in Baltimore Trench
Nineteen years is a short life, but that’s all that Kyle Hancock of Glen Burnie, Maryland will get. Hancock died,…
Inspector General Issues Bizarre Chemical Safety Board Report
The Inspector General (IG) issued a somewhat bizarre report yesterday on “management challenges” at the Chemical Safety Board. The IG…
Weekly Toll: Last Week’s Workplace Deaths
Man dies in pressroom accident at Pennsylvania newspaper ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A contractor (Ruben Ocasio-Fernandez, 32)became trapped underneath a piece…
Arkema Chemical Plant Investigation Results in Weak CSB Recommendations
The Chemical Safety Board released its report on the Arkema chemical incident last week. You may recall that during the…