Thinking about marriage licenses and a trip to the sporting goods store.
A few of my favorite quotes from health groups in response to the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling on the Affordable Care Act.
For the just the second time in 10 years, OSHA issued citations to a poultry company for repetitive motion hazards that cause musculoskeletal injuries, such as carpal tunnel syndrome.
A new take on TPP, which appears in the New England Journal of Medicine, gives me another reason to give the TPP a thumbs down.
Injury Control & Violence
Fatal work injury that killed Richard Johnson was preventable, Arizona OSHA cites Southwest Fabrication
The fatal work-related injuries that killed Richard Johnson, 31, could have been prevented had his employer followed worker safety regulations.
The fatal work-related injuries that killed John Dunnivant, 57, could have been prevented had his employer followed worker safety regulations.
Government
Blacklisting? Hardly. Congressmen exaggerate Obama’s Executive Order for government contractors
Some Members of Congress are calling a new Obama Administration policy requiring government contractors to disclose labor law violations “blacklisting.” I say that’s a big exaggeration.
Government
Predicting key regulatory action on new worker safety protections should not be that difficult
OSHA and MSHA have a pathetic track record of estimating target dates for key regulatory action on new worker safety regulations. The Labor Department’s explanation for why they miss the mark just doesn’t hold up.
Food & Water Watch released “Factory Farm Nation,” a report this week on the dominance of industrial beef, pork, chicken, dairy, and egg production in the US. Besides overuse of antibiotics, foodborne disease, water and air pollution, and loss of local independent farms, the mountains of manure are monstrous and largely unregulated.
Injury Control & Violence
Fatal work injury that killed Tito Hernandez was preventable, OSHA cites Scott Materials
The fatal work-related injuries that killed Milton “Tito” Rafael Barreto Hernandez, 22, could have been prevented had his employer followed worker safety regulations.