Is Opioid Addiction the Most Important Workplace Safety and Health Problem?
I’m going ask some questions in order to start a conversation here — about workplace drug abuse, workplace fatalities and…
“Anything goes” Death at Goodyear — in the Workplace and on the Road
Goodyear Tire and Rubber makes tires. They also seem to be good a killing people in a variety of different…
Workplace Fatalities Rose in 2016
In the unlikely event that anyone out there was thinking that workplace fatalities were fading into the past, check out…
The Weekly Toll: More Workers Not Coming Home
Firefighter battling SoCal wildfire dies from ‘thermal injuries, smoke inhalation’ SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — A firefighter died Thursday while…
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…