OSHA Enforcement Update: Large Cases, More Press Releases.
At a Congressional hearing last month, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta extolled the virtues of compliance assistance, cooperation over confrontation…
FedEx Fatalities: Mugno Has Some Explaining To do
Scott Mugno, nominated by President Trump to be the next head of OSHA has a problem. Several problems actually. Last…
The Weekly Toll: Death In The American Workplace
Man killed by falling tree in Brentwood BRENTWOOD, N.H. — A workplace accident took a tragic turn when a local…
Weekly Toll: The Last Two Weeks of Carnage in the American Workplace
These reports always contain an surprising and upsetting diversity of ways to die in the workplace. The last couple of…
Arkema Update: Chemical Plants and Climate Change
More information is coming out about the chemical releases at the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby Texas following last summer’s…
Weekly Toll: Work Continues Its Deadly Course
Bourbonnais Man Dies From Possible Pesticide Exposure In Chicago Ridge CHICAGO RIDGE, IL — A Bourbonnais man died after he…
When VPP Companies Kill
Over the past month, two workers have been killed at companies participating in OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs: Nucor Steel in…
The Weekly Toll: Three Weeks and the List Goes On and On and On
Auto shop worker fatally pinned in Montevideo MONTEVIDEO, Minn. (AP) — Police say the death of an auto shop worker…
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West Texas Explosion: Four Years Later
Dan Zak of the Washington Post has written a long feature article on the impact and aftermath of the West…
Weekly Toll: Workers Not Coming Home This Week
68-year-old man killed in workplace accident in Hall County Atlanta, GA — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating.…