Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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

AP | SAM HANANEL | Posted 05.17.2012

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

End the Delays Deadly to Workers

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 04.23.2012

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.

Dying for Work

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.12.2012

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.

One Walmart Store May Pay Big For Workplace Safety Violations

AP | Posted 02.08.2012

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 ...

Dave Jamieson

Roofers Now At Forefront Of The Regulatory Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.05.2011

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

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

Posted 11.20.2011

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...

Death At Loro Parque: The Risks Of Killer Whale Entertainment

Tim Zimmermann | Posted 09.18.2011

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.

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

Michelle Chen | Posted 06.17.2011

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.

Record Number Of Grain Bin Accidents In 2010

AP | MICHAEL J. CRUMB | Posted 05.25.2011

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

City Park Duck Lake Being Investigated By Feds

KDVR | Heidi Hemmat | Posted 05.25.2011

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...

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

Matt Madia | Posted 05.25.2011

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

Poison Apple: iPhone Production Line Tied to Toxics in China

Michelle Chen | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

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

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

The Media Consortium

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

SeaWorld Citation More Evidence Against Captive Orcas

Wayne Pacelle | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

How Many More Must Die?

Richard Trumka | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

Workers Memorial Day

Sec. Hilda Solis | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

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

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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

GOP Wants a Country by Corporations for Corporations

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

Safety Awards That Endanger Workers' Lives

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

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...

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

Elizabeth Grossman | Posted 05.25.2011

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...

MillerCoors Brewery Unsafe: OSHA

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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

Workers Need a Robust OSHA for Their Survival

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

Bush's Midnight Regulations Value Profits More Than People

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

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.