“We were supposed to have another 20 years.” Death in the Trench
“Touching” “Infuriating” and hopefully “Educational” and “Motivating” are all words that come to mind reading this amazing article, Death in…
Mugno Voted Out Of Committee
On a straight party line vote, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee voted late yesterday to approve Scott…
Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety and Health: Short Stuff
COSHCON17 — The Young and the Active — : The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, the umbrella group…
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Jingle Bells, Something Smells, Chemicals in the Air Oh what fun, it is to work, with respirators you must wear……
Weekly Toll: Falls, Trench Collapses, Shootings, Traffic Incidents. All In a Day’s Work
1 killed, 1 injured in scaffolding collapse at Md. elementary school construction site FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. (WJLA) — A subcontractor…
OSHA Rejects GAO Poultry Recommendations: Sees No Problem With Workers’ Restroom Access
In a surprising and disappointing apparent rollback of OSHA’s enforcement policy related to poultry inspections, Acting Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt…
Methylene Chloride Deaths: “All Preventable”
Methylene chloride kills. We wrote about 21-year old Kevin Hartley last June. He died last April 29 — Workers Memorial…
Scott Mugno: What Can We Expect After His Hearing?
OK, now that the dust has settled, what do we think about the performance of OSHA Assistant Secretary nominee Scott…
The Halifax Explosion: This Day in Workplace Safety and Health
On Dec. 6, 1917 at 9:04 a.m., one hundred years ago today, the munitions ship Mont-Blanc, carrying nearly 3,000 tons…
Weekly Toll: The Bell Continues to Toll For American Workers
Bentleyville man dies at ArcelorMittal plant in Monessen Monessen, PA — A Bentleyville man died Sunday night at the ArcelorMittal…