UPDATE: OSHA, the Department of Labor and the Shut Down
Life at the Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are in chaos with a growing number…
EPA Methylene Chloride Double-Cross
As Confined Space readers know, the solvent Methylene Chloride has killed dozens of workers and consumers who used the material…
Weekly Toll: Holiday Season Provides No Vacation From Workplace Death
Weekly Toll: Holiday Season Provides No Vacation From Workplace Death
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2018: The Workplace Safety and Health Year in Review
2018 is gone and buried. What happened in the world of workplace safety and health? What can we learn that…
This Day in Workplace Safety History: Sago
Today is the 13th anniversary of the Sago Mine disaster that killed 12 miners and led to a sweeping modernization…
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Oil Field Workers: “We’ve just got to find a way not to kill them.”
American workers drilling for oil have dirty, dangerous jobs that often kills them. In return, they're covered by weaker OSHA…
No OSHA Head This Session
Looks like OSHA will continue to be leaderless for the near future.
“Suffocating While Alive” The Return of Black Lung
Howard Berkes has published a major investigative piece for NPR/Frontline on the resurgence of black lung among coal miners. Read…
Today in Mining History: December 19, 1984 and 1907
Darr Mine Fire: Dec. 19, 1907 At 11:30 a.m., a massive explosion rocked the Darr Mine of the Pittsburgh Coal…