It’s Always Something: Dispatches from the front lines of the battle for workplace safety
Black Lung is Back: After almost being eradicated in the late 1990, black lung is back, with a vengeance. Epidemiologists…
Alex Acosta
Budget
Chemical Safety Board
Congress
Harwood (See Susan Harwood Worker Training Program)
MSHA
NIOSH
Office of Management and Budget
OSHA
Susan Harwood Worker Training Program
Whistleblowers
Trump’s Worker Safety & Health Budget Again Undermines Worker Safety & Health
Earlier this week, President Trump submitted his Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposal. This is his second budget proposal and although…
Good News for Poultry Processing Workers
It’s not all bad news for workers out there. Curiously, however, the good news for poultry workers is coming from…
The Gang That Couldn’t (de)Regulate Straight
President Trump frequently boasts about “eliminating more regulations in our first year than any administration in history.” This is supposedly…
No Protections: Children Get Hurt and Die On Family Farms
What happens when financial pressures and fear of “big government” intrusion run into concerns about the safety of children. In…
Weekly Toll: Falls, shootings, explosions — and two more tow truck drivers
Man found dead, pinned underneath Bobcat in York County PARADISE TWP., PA — A New Oxford man died Monday afternoon…
Indiana OSHA Cuts Penalty 94% for Fatality at Indiana Auto Parts Facility
Last October, Melissa Stephens went to work on third shift at Autonium in Jeffersonville, Indiana. She never came home to…
Maryland Refuses to Protect Construction Workers From Deadly Silica Dust
Inhaling silica dust can cause silicosis, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and kidney disease. OSHA’s 45 year old standards…
Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Battle for Safe and Health Workplaces: Short Stuff
The moral of this week’s stories is that if you find yourself eating pork chops at your fancy seaside hotel…