Death on the Job: 2017 Fatality Numbers Released
The Bureau of Labor Statistics today released its 2017 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries — and it contained good news…
Weekly Toll: Workers Who Punched in, but Never Punched Out Last Week
Florida Construction Worker Killed After Being Trapped Under Crane at Marina Bradenton, FL — Authorities say a construction worker was…
Mine Workers Sue MSHA Over Lifting Enforcement Action
Things have been somewhat quiet lately in the world of mine safety and health. We wrote earlier about the troubling…
House Workforce Committee Goes Out With a Whimper, Not a Bang
The last hearing of the soon-to-be late, great Republican-controlled House Education and Workforce Committee of the 115th Congress was supposed…
Court Says OSHA Can Be Sued For Recordkeeping Delay
District Court rejects OSHA's motion to dismiss Public Citizen recordkeeping lawsuit claiming the agency violated the law.
What’s in a Name? House Labor Committee Reborn
In one of the first moves of the soon-to-be Democratic Majority in the House of Representatives, Virginia Congressman Bobby Scott…
Farm Bill Drops OSHA Language that Would Have Endangered Chem Plant Workers
Workers in chemical facilities and those living nearby can sleep easier after the US Congress declined to include language in…
Final OSHA Recordkeeping Rollback Goes to OMB Review
OSHA has submitted its rollback of its electronic recordkeeping rule to White House review ahead of schedule. What's going on?
Weekly Toll: Human Statistics Who Won’t Be Coming Home
A list of a few of the workers in this country who died on the job last week.
It’s Beginning to Look at Lot Like HanukkahChristmasKwanza: Buy Books
Whatever you celebrate — or if you’re just into Winter Solstice gift-giving, you can give the gift of books to…