Enforcement Update: OSHA Still Embarrassed About Enforcing the Law
Press Release Drought Continues When Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta testified last month before the US Senate, he committed to…
Ohio Decides Injured Workers Deserve Workers Comp — Even if Undocumented
A proposal that would have blocked workers compensation benefits for undocumented workers injured on the job was defeated Wednesday in…
Weekly Toll: Workers Dying Every Day
Worker dies in accident at Weitsman facility Oswego, NY — An employee at Ben Weitsman & Son’s facility in Owego…
OSHA Enforcement Update: Press Release Forecast – Still Slim to None.
Since late April, OSHA has issued only three additional enforcement press releases (listed below, Gulf Cable, the Saipan casino case,…
A Company That Was Bound to Kill Someone
Zachary Henzerling, a 20 year old ” big kid at heart,” was on his third week at work for Environmental…
Ohio Comp Bill Encourages Employers to Hire Undocumented Workers
I’m not sure that was their intention, but what could make hiring undocumented workers more attractive than passing a law…
Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home
The latest list of workers not coming home at the end of the shift Jimmy Ray Baker, 45 of Houston…
OSHA Press Releases Hide Behind “Cloak of Invisibility”
After almost four months, the Trump Administration’s OSHA has issued only two enforcement-related press releases, despite having issued well over…
Weekly Toll: Remembering Those Who Aren’t Coming Home
The latest deaths in the workplace, at least as many as I can locate. Lots of vehicle related fatalities this…
Weekly Toll: Death in the Workplace
Death in the workplace does not stop for Workers Memorial Day Cab driver shot and killed while on duty NEW…