Mar-Jack: OSHA Inspectors “Are Not There For Us”
I wrote earlier this month about a court decision in the Mar-Jac case restricting OSHA’s ability to expand inspections at…
Bringing Back Child Labor: In Nursing Homes and Health Care
It’s the 21st century, so why are we still arguing about the safety of child labor? Continuing on its mission…
“Complacency Killed My Brother!”
A couple of months ago, I wrote a post about how “freak accidents” are neither “freak,” nor “accidental.” As I…
Weekly Toll: Some Workplace Deaths Last Week
Notes: Seven of the 21 deaths listed here this week were from falls. Hard to believe. Gravity is not a…
Chemical Standards
David Michaels
Environmental Protection Agency
Infectious Diseases
Poultry Industry
Short Stuff
Dispatches from the Front Lines of Workplace and Environmental Safety: Short Stuff
The High Price of Clean Rooms: Thousands of Marriott hotel workers are on strike in 23 hotels in Detroit, Boston,…
Happy Birthday Frances Perkins Building
Happy Birthday! Forty-four years ago today, on October 18, 1974, President Gerald R. Ford and Secretary Peter J. Brennan laid…
Department of Labor
Office of Management and Budget
OSHA
Regulations and Standards
Regulatory Process
Fall 2018 Regulatory Agenda: No Surprises
Lots happening these days: the grizzly murder of a Saudi journalist, baseball championships (Go Dodgers!!), mid-term elections, Presidential temper tantrums…
Weekly Toll: A Few of the Workers Killed on the Job Last Week
Question: in this election season, how many candidates are being asked about their plans to reduce the every-day carnage in…
OSHA Weakens Workers’ Protections Against Retaliation for Reporting Injuries
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a memo Thursday weakening workers’ protection against employer retaliation for reporting injuries and…
Harder Times for Poultry Workers
A 59-year-old employee at Allen Harim poultry plant in Harbeson, Delaware was killed last week from a serious head trauma…