Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Report: Complying With Regulations Doesn't Affect Companies' Bottom Line

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Workplace Injury, Video, Regulations, Occupational Safety, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Obama Administration, Safety Inspections, Osha, California's Division of Occupational Safety, Business News

WASHINGTON — While businesses bemoan the cost of regulations, a new study suggests that government enforcement of workplace health and safety ru...

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End the Delays Deadly to Workers

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Memorial Day, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Chronic Beryllium Disease, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Usw, Beryllium, United Steelworkers, Asbestos, Osha, Silica, Emergency Temporary Standards, Materion Brush, Workers Memorial Day, Gao, Republic Special Metals, Government Accountability Office, Job Safety, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Saturday is Workers' Memorial Day, a time devoted to commemorating those killed on the job. No one volunteers to sacrifice their life for corporate profit, yet every day in workplaces across this country, the lives of 12 workers are taken, not given.

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Dying for Work

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Massey Energy, Bp, Taxi Cab Standard, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, Deepwater Horizon, Mitt Romney, Tesoro, Seaman?S Manslaughter Law, Beryllium, Bill Richardson, American Criminal Law Review, Osha, Upper Big Branch, Miners, Workers Safety, Mining, Coal Mining, Upper Big Branch Mine, Workers Rights, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Every day, 12 workers die on the job in America -- often because a corporation has defied regulations or ignored standard safety procedures. Many more die prematurely from work exposure to toxic materials.

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One Walmart Store May Pay Big For Workplace Safety Violations

AP | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Retailers, Safety Hazards, Labor, U.S. Labor Department, Video, Workers, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Safety Violations, Labor Unions, Osha, Wal-Mart, Business News

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The U.S. Labor Department has recommended fining Wal-Mart Stores Inc. $365,500 after inspectors say they found 24 workplace safety ...

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Dave Jamieson

Roofers Now At Forefront Of The Regulatory Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Video, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Dennis Kucinich, Labor Department, Roofers, Department of Labor, 112th Congress, Regulation, Construction, Reid Ribble, National Association of Home Builders, Workplace Safety, Tim Walberg, Osha, Roof Falls, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Republicans claim the Obama administration is choking small business with burdensome workplace regulations. Democrats say the few new re...

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Report: To Keep Their Jobs In PA Warehouse, Amazon Employees Work In Dizzying Heat

Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Amazon.com, Labor, Heat Wave, Unemployment Rate, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Business News, Workers' Rights, Joblessness, Business News

Some workers at Amazon.com’s Allentown, Pennsylvania warehouse are reportedly willing to contend with working at a brutal pace in dizzying heat so l...

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Death At Loro Parque: The Risks Of Killer Whale Entertainment

Tim Zimmermann | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Seaworld, Loro Parque, Tilikum, Dawn Brancheau, Killer Whale, Canary Islands, Whale, Green News
Tim Zimmermann

Dawn Brancheau was the first SeaWorld trainer killed by a killer whale. But she wasn't the first trainer killed by a SeaWorld killer whale.

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A Year on, BP Oil Still Mars Gulf Communities as Public Scrutiny Dries up

Michelle Chen | Posted 06.17.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Congress, Workers, Bp, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Exxon Mobil, Pollution, Gulf Oil Spill, Barack Obama, Offshore Drilling, Ed Markey, Labor, Oil Industry, Louisiana, Mississippi, Environment, BP Oil Spill, Ken Salazar, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf Coast, Green News
Michelle Chen

The April 14 meeting proceeded efficiently, as scheduled, for BP shareholders. For the workers, environmentalists and community members rallying in protest, though, the day of reckoning had yet to arrive.

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Record Number Of Grain Bin Accidents In 2010

AP | MICHAEL J. CRUMB | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grain-Bin-Deaths, Haasbach LLC, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Purdue University, Agricultural Accidents, Osha, Food News

DES MOINES, Iowa — Clumps of moldy corn crashed down around Lael Steinhoff, burying him above his waist for more than three hours before rescue ...

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City Park Duck Lake Being Investigated By Feds

KDVR | Heidi Hemmat | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denver Parks, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Ohsa, City Park Duck POnd, City Park, Denver News

DENVER -- FOX31 News has learned that OSHA is conducting tests at City Park's Duck Lake to determine how an untold number of ducks died and if there i...

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Obama's Regulatory Enforcement Shows That Government Can Play a Positive Role

Matt Madia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Environment, Public Health, Regulation, OMB Watch, Workplace Safety, Food and Drug Administration, Politics News
Matt Madia

Everyone benefits when regulations work properly. So despite the attacks from powerful special interests, the Obama administration must soldier on. The alternative is much worse

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Poison Apple: iPhone Production Line Tied to Toxics in China

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Global Economy, Workers, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, E-Waste, Free Trade, Iphone, Labor, Apple, Workplace, Foxconn, Consumer Electronics Show, Organized Labor, Technology, Asia, Unions, Electronics, China, Sweatshops, Technology News
Michelle Chen

Anti-sweatshop activists have blasted Apple for ignoring exploitative, perhaps severely poisonous, working conditions at United Win Technology, a facility in Jiangsu Province apparently connected to Apple Computers.

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Weekly Pulse: Rotten Eggs, Drowsy Doctors, and Expensive Insurance

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wright County Egg, Salmonella, Grist, QUALITY EGG LLC, PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIVISTS, Michelle Chen, Sierra Club, KAISER FOUNDATION FAMILY, Tom Philpott, Osha, DECOSTER EGGS, Working in These Times, Tainted Eggs, Colorlines, Eggs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, AUSTIN "JACK" DECOSTER, Doctors, Iowa, Hillandale Farms, Health Insurance Premiums, Lindsay Beyerstein, Jack DeCoster, Iowa Independent, Lynda Waddington, Politics News
The Media Consortium

Weekly Pulse: Rotten Eggs, Drowsy Doctors, and Expensive Insuranceby Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Tainted egg shell game The Iowa chap...

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SeaWorld Citation More Evidence Against Captive Orcas

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Humane Society of the United States, Killer Whales, Theme Parks, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Amusement Parks, Seaworld, Killer Whale Kills Trainer, Tilikum, Dawn Brancheau, Florida, Whales, Osha, Green News
Wayne Pacelle

No human being has ever been seriously injured or killed by an orca in the wild, but four people have died and dozens have been injured, some very seriously, by captive orcas.

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How Many More Must Die?

Richard Trumka | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liz Shuler, National Labor College, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Death on the Job, Msha, Workers Memorial Day, Afl-Cio, Job Health and Safety, Protecting America?S Workers Act, Sago, Unions, Coal Mines, Osha, Richard Trumka, Politics News
Richard Trumka

Here in the United States, you can get more jail time for harassing a burro on federal land than for killing a worker through workplace negligence. We must do more to ensure worker safety.

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Workers Memorial Day

Sec. Hilda Solis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hilda Solis, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Work, Safety, Department of Labor, Mine Safety, U.S. Department of Labor, Workers Memorial Day, Workplace Taboos, Business News
Sec. Hilda Solis

Today we remember those killed on the job, recognize the tremendous pain left behind by their deaths, and we recommit ourselves to ensuring that future tragedies are prevented.

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Gulf Oil Spill: Louisiana Officials Ask OSHA To Investigate Cleanup Safety

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: BP Oil Spill, Louisiana, Louisiana Oil Spill, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Oil Spill, Oil, Louisiana Osha, Gulf Oil Spill, Osha, Green News

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana health and environmental officials are asking federal safety officials to make sure workers cleaning up the Gulf of...

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GOP Wants a Country by Corporations for Corporations

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop, Tea Party, Bp, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, John Boehner, Bobby Jindal, Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Department of Commerce, Department of Interior, Usw, United Steelworkers, Obama, Drill Baby Drill, Jim Demint, Osha, Sarah Palin, Un-American, Obama Administration, National Guard, U.S. Business Administration, Bush Administration, Jim Bunning, Rachel Maddow, Judd Gregg, Republicans, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Rand simply said what Republicans believe -- that this country should focus on promoting corporations and those corporations should have privileges, but not responsibilities.

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Safety Awards That Endanger Workers' Lives

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mine Safety and Health Administration, Massey Energy, Bp, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, National Petrochemical and Refiners Association, Msha, Oil Rig, Usw, Process Safety, United Mine Workers of America, United Steelworkers, Cecil Roberts, Mms, Upper Big Branch, Massey, Transocean, Sentinel of Safety, Safety Awards for Excellence, Don Blankenship, Refinery, Minerals Management Service, Umwa, Deepwater Horizon, Process Safety Management, Tesoro, Coal Mine, Union, National Mining Association, Npra, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

BP, Massey Energy and Tesoro all have hauled out plaques celebrating safety achievements to deflect allegations of corporate recklessness in the after...

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Sustaining Outrage and Organizing Efforts as Workers Continue to Fall Victim to Chemical Exposures

Elizabeth Grossman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Electronics Industry, Asia Monitor Resource Center, Asia, Environmental Health, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Exposure to Chemicals, Workers Rights, Green News
Elizabeth Grossman

On Sunday January 24, Carl "Danny" Fish, who worked at the DuPont plant in Belle, West Virginia died after being exposed to phosgene - a chemical so a...

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MillerCoors Brewery Unsafe: OSHA

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Golden CO, OSHA Coors, Millercoors, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA Brewery, OSHA Golden, Osha, Denver News

DENVER (AP) -- Regulators have proposed fining MillerCoors $128,500 over alleged safety violations at its brewery in Golden. The Occupational Safety ...

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Workers Need a Robust OSHA for Their Survival

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arcelormittal, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Bush Administration, Ray Mine, Asarco LLC, Workers Memorial Day, Usw, OSHA Enhanced Enforcement Program, United Steelworkers, Occupational Safety and Health Act, Osha, U.S. Department of Labor, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

To reduce that daily toll, to make Workers Memorial Day less memorable, the U.S. Labor Department and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration must be properly funded and empowered.

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Bush's Midnight Regulations Value Profits More Than People

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Labor Department, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Public Citizen, Greenhouse Gas, George W. Bush, Regulation, National Marine Fisheries Service, Beryllium, Afl-Cio, Barack Obama, Clean Air Act, Midnight Regulations, Charlie Gibson, Silica, Gao, Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ABC News, President Bush, Government Accountability Office, Worker Exposure to Toxic Materials, Labor Regulations, Worker Safety, Osha, Labor Rights, Workers' Rights, Truck Driving Regulations, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

The legacy of George W. Bush's final days in office will be degradation of the environment, endangered species and the safety of working people.

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