OSHA Cites Two Multiple Death Cases Very Differently
OSHA has issued citations in two multiple fatality cases, one with a appropriately large penalty (for OSHA) and one not…
Weekly Toll: Workers Killed on the Job Over the Past Two Weeks
2 firefighters killed as blaze rages in northern California REDDING, CALIF. —The National Park Service reports a second firefighter has…
Why They Work For OSHA
This is why I work for OSHA. It’s why I’m proud to work for OSHA So someone I don’t know,…
OSHA Proposes to Roll Back Electronic Recordkeeping Rule
OSHA today released the text of a proposal to relieve workers of the alleged “risk” of having confidential information exposed,…
US to Workers Killed on Small Farms: We Don’t Care
SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NE — A man who suffered severe burns when a grain elevator exploded in South Sioux City…
OSHA Update: Bureaucracy, Budget and Leadership Rumors
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…
OSHA Speaks to Employers, Ignores Workers, About Deaths in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska
Too many workers are dying in the states of Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, according to OSHA Region VII, and employers…
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Health and Safety: Short Stuff
Criminal Conviction Upheld: DNRB, a Missouri warehouse construction contractor (doing business as Fastrack Erectors) was confirmed to be criminally liable…
Kavanaugh Watch: Bad Forecast for Worker and Environmental Protections
And in our continuing series of posts about why Brett Kavanaugh’s appointment to the Supreme Court would be a disaster…
Groups Petition OSHA to Issue Heat Standard
Peggy Frank, a 63-year-old California postal worker — and also a mother and grandmother — died last week while working…