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Congressional Review Act Regulatory Process

Appeals Court Opens the Way—Someday—to OSHA Regulation of Ergonomics

September 9, 2025 Rena Steinzor
Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home From Work

September 8, 2025 Jordan Barab
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City Decides to Protect Public Employees. Where’s the Rest of the State?

September 5, 2025 Jordan Barab
Infectious Diseases Process Safety Management Regulations and Standards Regulatory Process Workplace Violence

DOL Issues Spring 2025 Regulatory Agenda

September 4, 2025 Jordan Barab
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House Budget Bill Mostly Duplicates Trump Request

September 2, 2025 Jordan Barab
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Weekly Toll: Last Week’s Workers Reporting for the Final Shift

August 6, 2018 Jordan Barab

Death Toll in California’s Carr Wildfire Raises to 7 as Utility Worker Dies CLEARLAKE, Calif. — A utility worker was…

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August 2, 2018 Jordan Barab

Captives on the Kill Line: Hiring immigrant workers — even undocumented workers — can be a headache. They get rounded…

Deconstructing the Administrative State OSHA Recordkeeping Regulations and Standards

Nice Try: OSHA’s Rollback of the Recordkeeping Rule–The Real Story

August 1, 2018 Jordan Barab

OSHA proposed last week to roll back parts of the “Electronic Recordkeeping” regulation that the Obama administration issued in 2016.…

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OSHA Cites Two Multiple Death Cases Very Differently

July 31, 2018 Jordan Barab

OSHA has issued citations in two multiple fatality cases, one with a appropriately large penalty (for OSHA) and one not…

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Weekly Toll: Workers Killed on the Job Over the Past Two Weeks

July 30, 2018 Jordan Barab

2 firefighters killed as blaze rages in northern California REDDING, CALIF. —The National Park Service reports a second firefighter has…

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July 28, 2018 Jordan Barab

This is why I work for OSHA. It’s why I’m proud to work for OSHA So someone I don’t know,…

OSHA Recordkeeping

OSHA Proposes to Roll Back Electronic Recordkeeping Rule

July 26, 2018 Jordan Barab

OSHA today released the text of a proposal to relieve workers of the alleged “risk” of having confidential information exposed,…

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US to Workers Killed on Small Farms: We Don’t Care

July 24, 2018 Jordan Barab

SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NE — A man who suffered severe burns when a grain elevator exploded in South Sioux City…

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July 19, 2018 Jordan Barab

It’s mid-summer and a man’s fancy turns to what’s happening in OSHA these days. Let’s update you all before you…

Blame the Worker OSHA

OSHA Speaks to Employers, Ignores Workers, About Deaths in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska

July 19, 2018 Jordan Barab

Too many workers are dying in the states of Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, according to OSHA Region VII, and employers…

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