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\"\"It has now been 41 days since OSHA has issued an enforcement-related press release. In 2016, OSHA issued 486 enforcement-related press releases. And if we do the math, at this rate, the Trump Administration’s enforcement press releases will come to approximately…. ZERO.<\/p>\n

Below is the second batch of large (over $40,000) cases that OSHA has issued — these since February 14 (with a few earlier ones that had been missing from the previous table.) When I published the first batch<\/a> a week ago, I noted how OSHA press releases have been used as\u00a0an effective tool to\u00a0discourage employers from cutting corners and violating the law — actions that inevitably lead to the preventable injury, illness and death of workers. \u00a0This list is a rather poor substitute for press releases that can actually serve an educational purpose for employers and workers. But it’s all we have to work with at this point.<\/p>\n

What is striking is not the difference between the Obama and Trump administrations, but the difference between the Trump administration and every other preceding administration, Republican or Democrat. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publishing this information on Confined Space<\/em> has suddenly attracted some attention. \u00a0Jennifer Gollan from Reveal<\/em> published an article <\/a>yesterday describing how we have been forced to publicize public government actions on a private blog because the Trump Administration’s OSHA — in a historically unprecedented action (or non-action) — has refused to publicize large enforcement cases. \u00a0Gollan writes:<\/p>\n

The list is a striking display of how the Obama and Trump administrations differ in their approach to enforcing the nation\u2019s workplace safety laws. Under Obama, OSHA trained a spotlight on companies to try to bring them into compliance. But the recent decision not to publicize citations signals the dawn of an era in which regulators may stress voluntary compliance with safety laws instead of aggressive enforcement.<\/p>\n

This is not completely accurate. What is striking is not the difference between the Obama and Trump administrations, but the difference between the Trump administration and every other preceding administration, Republican or Democrat. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Obama’s OSHA has been unjustly criticized for publicizing enforcement cases before a final settlement, and accused of inserting unnecessarily inflammatory language. But as I’ve said before, Obama’s OSHA director, David Michaels, did not invent the press release, nor was he the first OSHA head who used “inflammatory” language. I give you one example. \u00a0Linked here<\/a> is a press release issued by OSHA in 2008, during the Bush administration, announcing a citation against Imperial Sugar as a result of a catastrophic explosion earlier that year that killed\u00a013 employees and hospitalized 40 others, many with severe, permanently disabling burns.<\/p>\n

“I am outraged that this company would show a complete disregard for its employees’ safety by knowingly placing them in an extremely dangerous work environment,” said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Edwin G. Foulke Jr. He added, “What is even worse is that a month after the devastating catastrophe in Port Wentworth that claimed the lives of 13 people, this company had done little to ensure abatement of the combustible dust hazards at its other plant. If OSHA investigators had not inspected and posted an imminent danger notice regarding areas at the second plant, the same thing could have happened again.”<\/p>\n

Local press releases also delivered a message in the Bush administration, as this 2006 Press Release<\/a> describes:\u00a0“When an employer chooses speed and not safety, tragedy follows,” said Roberto Sanchez, OSHA’s Birmingham area director. “Safe work practices would have prevented this accident.”<\/p>\n

In fact, it has always been common practice of enforcement agencies — whether OSHA, the Department of Justice or EPA — to issue press releases announcing major enforcement cases. What is not normal is the silence we’re now hearing from OSHA. \u00a0I certainly appreciate the recognition\u00a0(although being labeled a “dissident” by the Reveal<\/em> headline writer sounds a bit Soviet or Putin-esque), but I resent that I have to publish this information when it is OSHA’s job to use every legal tool available to protect workers from employers who put them in dangerous situations.<\/p>\n

Large OSHA Enforcement Cases Thru 3-17-2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
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DALE TADLOCK ROOFING, INC.<\/td>JACKSONVILLE<\/td>FL<\/td>2\/8\/2017<\/td>3\/17\/2017<\/td> $55,572 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1209020.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LUIS QUINDI<\/td>LOWELL<\/td>MA<\/td>10\/5\/2016<\/td>3\/16\/2017<\/td> $159,343 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1182278.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL INC.<\/td>DAMON<\/td>TX<\/td>10\/19\/2016<\/td>3\/16\/2017<\/td> $43,098 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1185184.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GOEL SERVICES INC.<\/td>WASHINGTON<\/td>DC<\/td>10\/19\/2016<\/td>3\/16\/2017<\/td> $117,335 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1186237.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M & M WEATHERIZATION AND REMODELING CORP.<\/td>ROCHESTER<\/td>NY<\/td>9\/19\/2016<\/td>3\/15\/2017<\/td> $62,651 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1178168.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CHOICE PRODUCTS USA, LLC<\/td>EAU CLAIRE<\/td>WI<\/td>10\/26\/2016<\/td>3\/15\/2017<\/td> $65,188 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1187240.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MEIJER GREAT LAKES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP<\/td>NORMAL<\/td>IL<\/td>1\/6\/2017<\/td>3\/15\/2017<\/td> $45,812 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1201251.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TEREX UTILITIES, INC.<\/td>MARION<\/td>OH<\/td>9\/17\/2016<\/td>3\/14\/2017<\/td> $63,375 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1178066.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QG PRINTING II CORP.<\/td>COLUMBUS<\/td>OH<\/td>9\/23\/2016<\/td>3\/14\/2017<\/td> $276,150 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1179460.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
INTERSTATE CONSTRUCTION, INC. <\/td>CROSS LANES<\/td>WV<\/td>10\/12\/2016<\/td>3\/14\/2017<\/td> $74,025 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1183266.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GC PACKAGING LLC<\/td>ALLEN<\/td>TX<\/td>11\/18\/2016<\/td>3\/14\/2017<\/td> $44,365 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1192110.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EMPLOYEE SOLUTIONS ADDISON, LLC<\/td>ALLEN<\/td>TX<\/td>11\/18\/2016<\/td>3\/14\/2017<\/td> $57,040 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1192124.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WAYNE FOLEY<\/td>CRARYVILLE<\/td>NY<\/td>9\/28\/2016<\/td>3\/13\/2017<\/td> $76,050 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1178905.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
INNOVATIVE CONSTRUCTION & ROOFING<\/td>SAINT LOUIS<\/td>MO<\/td>10\/5\/2016<\/td>3\/13\/2017<\/td> $44,363 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1184522.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COLEMAN HAMMONS CONSTRUCTION<\/td>PEARL<\/td>MS<\/td>11\/15\/2016<\/td>3\/13\/2017<\/td> $68,517 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1191294.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DOLLAR TREE STORES INC.<\/td>WEST BERLIN<\/td>NJ<\/td>12\/1\/2016<\/td>3\/8\/2017<\/td> $89,628 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1195034.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R & K CERTIFIED ROOFING OF FLORIDA INC.<\/td>PALM COAST<\/td>FL<\/td>1\/12\/2017<\/td>3\/7\/2017<\/td> $48,799 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1202369.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMERICAN FIBER ROLLS & EROSION CONTROL PRODUCTS INC.<\/td>PERRIS<\/td>CA<\/td>9\/28\/2016<\/td>2\/22\/2017<\/td> $53,435 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1181305.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TOWNSHIP OF WARREN - FD<\/td>WARREN<\/td>NJ<\/td>11\/21\/2016<\/td>2\/22\/2017<\/td> $49,000 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1193304.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TESORO REFINING AND MARKETING, LLC<\/td>MARTINEZ<\/td>CA<\/td>8\/29\/2016<\/td>2\/21\/2017<\/td> $80,310 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1173590.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ELMER MILLER<\/td>CHAMPAIGN<\/td>IL<\/td>1\/4\/2017<\/td>2\/21\/2017<\/td> $44,218 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1201455.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT L.P.<\/td>CHARLOTTE<\/td>NC<\/td>10\/24\/2016<\/td>2\/20\/2017<\/td> $41,100 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1186669.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AMERICA 1ST ROOFING & BUILDERS INC<\/td>ISSAQUAH<\/td>WA<\/td>8\/23\/2016<\/td>2\/17\/2017<\/td> $213,000 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1172300.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SUPERIOR ELECTRICAL ADVERTISING INC<\/td>LONG BEACH<\/td>CA<\/td>9\/6\/2016<\/td>2\/17\/2017<\/td> $40,385 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1175411.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DIVERSIFIED UTILITY SERVICES, INC<\/td>ESCONDIDO<\/td>CA<\/td>10\/27\/2016<\/td>2\/17\/2017<\/td> $59,665 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1187566.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MCCORMICK PAINTING COMPANY<\/td>WEBBERS FALLS<\/td>OK<\/td>8\/4\/2016<\/td>1\/31\/2017<\/td> $41,830 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1169831.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BIGTEX TRAILERS<\/td>KINGSTON<\/td>OK<\/td>7\/13\/2016<\/td>1\/11\/2017<\/td> $138,785 <\/td>https:\/\/www.osha.gov\/pls\/imis\/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1162509.015<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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