Trump’s War on Coal (Miners) Continues
When I noted last week that OSHA had come out of the new Fall 2017 Regulatory Agenda relatively unscathed, I…
CDC Censors List of Words: What Does This Mean For NIOSH?
We have just received word that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the government agency whose mission it…
Fall Regulatory Agenda Released: Not Much New For OSHA
Yesterday was that bi-annual event that all red-blooded Americans celebrate: the release of the new federal Regulatory Agenda; in this…
Red Tape or More Bloody Bandages
From Donald Trump today: In 1960, there were approximately 20,000 pages in the Code of Federal Regulations. Today there are…
“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…