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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · 26d

Extreme Heat Spurs New Laws Aimed at Protecting Workers Worldwide
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Extreme Heat Spurs New Laws Aimed at Protecting Workers Worldwide

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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Aug 27

DOL HQ got an exterior renovation this week. Now, it they'd just brighten up the dreary interior.

Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Aug 22

Gas valve failure during routine maintenance work may have led to fatal explosion, US Steel says
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Gas valve failure during routine maintenance work may have led to fatal explosion, US Steel says

U.S. Steel says preparations for a routine maintenance task may have led to an explosion at a U.S. Steel coal-processing plant near Pittsburgh that left two dead, sent 10 to hospitals and damaged part...

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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Aug 22

6 people are found dead at a Colorado dairy. Authorities suspect an accident involving gas exposure
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6 people are found dead at a Colorado dairy. Authorities suspect an accident involving gas exposure

Authorities say an apparent accident involving exposure to gas at a dairy in Colorado has killed six people.

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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Aug 10

California farmworkers keep dying from #heat illness, 20 years after the state government vowed to protect them. latimes.com/california/s... #CalOSHA #OSHA

Farmworkers keep dying from heat illness, 20 years after California vowed to protect them

Agricultural workers are toiling in the state's worst heat wave this year, amid questions about the state's commitment to ensure their safety.

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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Aug 10

#DollarTree's worker safety woes are back. Virginia #OSHA (#VOSH) is seeking a $284,000 fine against a store in Alexandria (my home town) for 4 repeat violations.
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · May 2

#Trump's "skinny budget" for the #DOL in FY2026 makes no mention of #OSHA or #MSHA. (But it does claim #Easter_Seals is a " leftist, DEI-promoting" entity funded, in part, by DOL.)
Budget details:
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Apr 18

From former OSHA boss David Michaels....

David Michaels @drdavidmichaels.bsky.social · Apr 17

I must be very special to be one of only five white guys out of 43 experts thrown off of NIH expert Advisory Committees by the DOGE wrecking ball. @carolynyjohnson.bsky.social

Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Apr 18

.@Dish Network LLC wins administrative court victory over #OSHA. #OSHRC ALJ vacates $124,000 fine and willful violation of fall protection rule during installation work. @JacksonLewisPC represented Dish.
Decision is below.
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Dish Network, LLC., OSHRC DOCKET No. 23-0180

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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Apr 16

#OSHA general duty clause citation and $13,653 fine against Bobcat Contracting LLC stemming from deaths of two workers in a natural gas explosion vacated by #OSHRC ALJ. @Steptoe_Johnson PLLC represented Bobcat. @atmosenergy Corporation owned pipeline

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Bobcat Contracting, LLC., OSHRC DOCKET No. 22-0067

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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Apr 16

#OSHA to host online public hearing on heat stress prevention proposed rulemaking on June 16.
www.osha.gov/news/newsrel...

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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Apr 7

Feds bow to pressure, reinstate head of WTC Health Program www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/05/f...

Feds bow to pressure, reinstate head of WTC Health Program

Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-Long Island) announced Saturday that HHS had reversed its decision to terminate Howard as it planned to lay off two-thirds of NIOSH staffers.

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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Apr 6

#Big_Law Mostly Sits Out Industry Response to #Trump Executive Orders Against Law Firms.

@arnoldporter, @Freshfields, @FenwickWest, @SusmanGodfrey, and Davis Wright Tremaine (@DWTLaw) were among the large firms signing the brief opposing executive order.

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Big Law Mostly Sits Out Industry Response to Trump Orders (2)

Few large law firms joined an amicus brief backing Perkins Coie in its lawsuit against President Donald Trump over an executive order targeting the firm.

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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Apr 4

#OSHRC upholds two #OSHA violations and $11,250 fine against building contractor Montroy Development LLC for endangering workers near excavations at a home construction site in Camillus, NY. oshrc.gov/wp-content/u...

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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Apr 4

apnews.com/article/hele... safety agency says workers killed in flooding were given time to evacuate

Tennessee safety agency says workers killed in flooding were given time to evacuate

A report from the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration says workers at an East Tennessee plastics company who died in flooding from Hurricane Helene had time to evacuate.

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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Mar 18

#UPS accused by #OSHA of failing to provide in August adequate first aid protection to drivers in Texas. Faces $167,514 proposed fine for repeat violation. In 2011-'21 OSHA ass't secretary nominee David Keeling oversaw UPS safety efforts.
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Mar 18

#Goodyear Tire faces a $1.26 Million fine from Virginia #OSHA. An inspection of Danville plant found 78 alleged violations. The plant has been cited several previous times following deaths and lesser mishaps.
osha.gov/ords/imis/es... #VOSH

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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Mar 5

#ElonMusk's #Tesla faces three #OSHA violations, $49,650 fine, stemming from death of construction worker at Austin #Gigaplant. Electric panel being worked on wasn't deenergized, agency says.
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Mar 4

#OSHRC ALJ upholds three #OSHA violations, $10,500 fine, against #Prime_International_Shipping LLC (linkedin.com/company/prim...) stemming from worker death. Judge rejected claim that endangered workers were independent contractors, not Prime employees. oshrc.gov/wp-content/u...

Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Feb 26

In a Federal District Court, #Fabcon Precast LLC Pleads Guilty in Worker Death Case. Company willfully violated #OSHA rule.
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Department of Justice | Homepage | United States Department of JusticeLock

Official website of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). DOJ’s mission is to enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threat...

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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Feb 25

Senate Labor Cmte set to vote Feb. 27 on @LChavezDeRemer's nomination for #DOL secretary.
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Cmte will also hold Feb. 27 hearing on nomination of
Keith Sonderling as dep sec.

Nomination | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions

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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Feb 21

#OSHA violations against #Schindler_Elevator Corp and $26,787 fine were vacated by an #OSHRC ALJ who concluded the agency incorrectly cited the company using standards for general industry when the work was actually construction. @SchindlerNA
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Schindler Elevator Corp, OSHRC Docket No 24-0070

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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Feb 20

.@ElonMusk’s #DOGE to Lead #Trump White House Purge of Federal Regulations. Would enable DOGE to declare #OSHA, #MSHA rules exceed agency authority.

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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Feb 20

At Confirmation Hearing, Trump #DOL Sec Nominee
@LChavezDeRemer Walks Back Past Support of PRO Act Bill.
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Bruce Rolfsen @oshareporter.bsky.social · Feb 12

Bloomberg Law: #Trump Selects Former #Amazon, #UPS Safety Director #David_Keeling to Lead #OSHA, #Wayne_Palmer for #MSHA.
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Trump Selects Former Amazon, UPS Safety Director to Lead OSHA

President Donald Trump plans to nominate David Keeling to head the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, according to a White House document sent to congressional staff and...

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