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…
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…