Viewpoint: Early Executive Actions by Trump Portend a Major Contraction at OSHA February 10, 2025 By Eric Conn and Darius Rohani-Shukla President Trump was sworn in for a second term the morning of January 20, and he spent the rest of...
New York Roofing Contractor Ordered to Provide Fall Protection for Workers October 26, 2023 The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent injunction ordering a Rockland County roofing contractor and its principal to...
OSHA Says Amazon.com Exposed Workers to Safety Hazards January 20, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. government agency on Wednesday issued citations against Amazon.com Inc. for failing to keep warehouse workers safe, by exposing...
Amazon Urged to Review Emergency Plans in Wake of Deadly Tornado April 28, 2022 By Spencer Soper Amazon.com Inc. should better prepare workers for extreme weather events, according to federal regulators who investigated a deadly tornado strike...
Fatal Accident at 3M Plant in Minnesota Investigated February 14, 2022 An investigation is underway into a fatal accident at a 3M plant in western Minnesota. Authorities in Alexandria say a...
OSHA Investigating Maine Case of Man Found Carrying Own Severed Arm January 25, 2022 A man who stumbled along a street while carrying his own severed arm was saved by two public workers who...
OSHA Prepares to Issue Emergency Regulations to Protect Workers from COVID-19 April 13, 2021 By Robb Mandelbaum Mask mandates are coming down across the country, even as COVID cases are rising in most states. But the Biden...
OSHA to Review COVID-19 Workplace Safety Enforcement Under Trump March 15, 2021 By Chris Kirkham Federal workplace safety regulators said on Friday they will revisit several COVID-19 related safety investigations performed during the Trump administration...
Biden Orders OSHA to Step Up COVID Workplace Safety Guidance, Enforcement January 22, 2021 The Biden Administration has instructed federal workplace safety officials to do more to help halt the spread of the coronavirus...
REUTERS REPORT-Regulators Ignored Workers’ COVID-19 Safety Complaints Amid Deadly Outbreaks January 6, 2021 By Chris Kirkham and Benjamin Lesser Miguel Cabezola, a driver for United Parcel Service Inc. in Tucson, Arizona, complained on March 27 to U.S. workplace safety...