Trench Death: ‘Mom, I got in a ditch today, and it started caving in on me and I got out’
There is so much sad and infuriating about this story that it’s hard to know where to begin. How about…
5 Killed in Tampa: Playing With Fire And Workers’ Lives
The Tampa Bay Times has published a fascinating and tragic investigative piece on the June 29, 2017 incident where five…
OSHA Shuts Down Recordkeeping Webpage Due To Alleged Security Breach
OSHA announced yesterday that it was temporarily shutting down a portal for employers to report injuries and illnesses while the…
Solution to Workplace Injury of Immigrant Workers: Deportation
Immigrant workers do some of the most dangerous jobs in this country, and get hurt and killed most often. Now…
Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety: Short Stuff
Problem with the job? Go kill yourselves: You’ve all heard the phrase “Your job of your life,” but Richland County,…
Serial Violator Blames OSHA Penalties for Layoffs
Aluminum Shapes, a New Jersey company, has the rare distinction of being the subject of one of only ten enforcement-related…
Blogging Forcast: Light
The overlords of Confined Space World Headquarters have given the entire staff a week and a half off. (That's just…
Ammonium Nitrate
Chemical Plant Safety
Government Accountability Office
Process Safety Management
Workplace Violence
GAO to OSHA: What’s Up With Workplace Violence and Ammonium Nitrate?
The Republican Congress may not be fulfilling it responsibility to provide oversight over a Republican-controlled OSHA, but the Government Accountability…
WTF?! Friday Fall Protection Edition
There’s an old saying, I’m pretty sure from Confucius: “Take heed. It is always a bad idea to do an…