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\"http:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=729&action=edit\"Well, if Mr. Sulu\u00a0thinks it’s a big deal…..It seems that we here at Confined Space and you, our faithful readers, are not the only ones upset about \u00a0OSHA’s new policy of not issuing press releases. \u00a0 Act.tv<\/a> has made a little video, publicized on George Takei’s Facebook Page<\/a> exposing the agency for not doing its job.<\/p>\n

We’ve written a lot about OSHA’s failure to issue press releases, thereby giving up the pressure that embarrassing (and educational) press releases can put on all employers to make sure their workplaces are safe.<\/p>\n

We here at \u00a0Confined Space world headquarters have done our best to fill in \u00a0by publicizing OSHA enforcement actions<\/a>, as well as workplace fatalities<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But can this White House be shamed? \u00a0Will this administration boldly go where every other administration has gone before?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, if Mr. Sulu\u00a0thinks it’s a big deal…..It seems that we here at Confined Space and you, our faithful readers, are not the only ones upset about \u00a0OSHA’s new policy of not issuing press releases. \u00a0 Act.tv<\/a> has made a little video, publicized on George Takei’s Facebook Page exposing the agency for not doing its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-osha","category-press-releases"],"yoast_head":"\nShaming OSHA - Confined Space<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"No Press Releases? 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