Deconstructing the Administrative State
House of Representatives
Regulations and Standards
Regulatory Process
House Hearing on Reducing Worker Protections Tomorrow
The House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections will hold a hearing tomorrow on reducing protections for the American…
CSB Chair Vanessa Sutherland Resigns
CSB Chair Vanessa Sutherland announced her resignation today. She gave no reason. Sutherland had more than two years left in…
Chemical Plant Safety
Chemical Safety Board
Environmental Protection Agency
OSHA
Risk Management Program (EPA)
EPA Proposes to Rescind Obama Chemical Plant Protections; Puts Residents At Risk
Five years after a catastrophic ammonium nitrate explosion in West, Texas killed 15 persons, destroyed much of the city, and…
Chemical Standards
Congressional Review Act
David Michaels
Environmental Protection Agency
OSHA
Short Stuff
West Fertilizer Explosion
Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety: Short Stuff
Michaels to Musk: Manage safety at Tesla and production will fall into line: Former OSHA head Dr. David Michaels has…
Chemical Safety Board Dodges Trump’s Bullet Again
But is the agency selling its soul? House Gives CSB Thumbs Up The House Interior and Environment Appropriations Committee has…
Trench Deaths: You Don’t Send Your Family To Die
And speaking of trench collapses… We wrote earlier this year about the tragic death of 25 year old Zachary Hess,…
Trench Deaths: A Tale of Two Dakotas
Check out the graphic on the right. What’s wrong with that picture? Somehow workers keep dying in trench collapses. Just…
Weekly Toll: More Workers Not Coming Home at the End of the Day
Mechanic dies after car falls on him in east Las Vegas auto body shop LAS VEGAS, NV — A mechanic…
Full of Surprises: OSHA Spring Regulatory Agenda Released
When Spring is in the air, this man’s fancy turns to (where else?) the 2018 Spring Regulatory Agenda to discover…
We won’t see their like again…
Although the sad news has been known to many of us for a while, Bloomberg Law officially announced the retirements…