Lame duck Congress may consider bill to toughen OSHA

By Jim Morris

For an agency so widely feared and demonized by American business, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a relative pushover.

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'Model workplaces' not always so safe

By Chris Hamby

Massachusetts workers killed, injured at facilities touted as 'Model Workplaces'

By Beverly Ford

OSHA too generous in cutting fines, watchdog says

By Julie Vorman

In U.S. Steel town, fatal gas explosion goes unpunished by OSHA

By Jim Morris

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"… t of the lame duck” session of Congress after the Nov. 2 elections, Rep. Lynn Woolsey, a California Democrat who chairs the House Subcommittee on Workforce Prot …"

OSHA workplace samples: Millions of records out of reach

By Jim Morris

Toxic exposures on the job cause the premature deaths of some 49,000 Americans each year, but the Occupational Safety and Health Administrat

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OSHA reforms Voluntary Protection Programs

By Alice Su

IMPACT: OSHA's 'model workplace' program needs reform, report finds

By Chris Hamby

'Model' workplaces avoid special government scrutiny targeting hazardous industries

By Chris Hamby

Bush administration kills safety regulation opposed by donors

By Bill Dawson

OSHA says inspection program fine-tuned, not ‘shelved’

By Chris Hamby

An Occupational Safety and Health Administration program meant to ferret out employers that under report workplace injuries is honing its fo

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Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

Lost letter: How government fails to deliver on worker safety

By Chris Hamby

Massachusetts workers killed, injured at facilities touted as 'Model Workplaces'

By Beverly Ford

OSHA’s laissez-faire attitude

By The Center for Public Integrity

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Sen. Franken asks BP to explain OSHA violations

By Jim Morris

During a Senate subcommittee hearing last Thursday, Democratic Sen. Al Franken repeatedly cited the story’s key finding: that BP refineries

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Renegade Refiner: OSHA says BP has “systemic safety problem”

By Jim Morris and M.B. Pell

BP to pay $13 million for safety violations at Texas refinery

By Alice Su

OSHA urged to get tough with BP in $90 million fine negotiations

By M.B. Pell

Judge urged to revoke BP refinery probation after Gulf Oil Spill

By Kristen Lombardi

OSHA urged to get tough with BP in $90 million fine negotiations

By M.B. Pell

Citing a Center for Public Integrity investigation of BP refineries having the most egregious safety violations in the industry, Democratic

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BP to pay $13 million for safety violations at Texas refinery

By Alice Su

California's 'safe' workplaces include employers with spotty records

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'Model workplaces' not always so safe

By Chris Hamby

OSHA says inspection program fine-tuned, not ‘shelved’

By Chris Hamby

'Model workplaces' not always so safe

By Chris Hamby

Deaths and preventable mishaps recur in 'voluntary protection' club

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In U.S. Steel town, fatal gas explosion goes unpunished by OSHA

By Jim Morris

OSHA’s laissez-faire attitude

By The Center for Public Integrity

Lost letter: How government fails to deliver on worker safety

By Chris Hamby

IMPACT: Agency task force conducting ‘top-to-bottom review’ of ‘model workplaces’ program

By Chris Hamby

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California's 'safe' workplaces include employers with spotty records

By FairWarning

The explosion that killed James F. Spotts easily could have been avoided.

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Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

New scrutiny of worker safety excludes some chemical plants

By Chris Hamby

OSHA’s laissez-faire attitude

By The Center for Public Integrity

OSHA says inspection program fine-tuned, not ‘shelved’

By Chris Hamby

OSHA’s laissez-faire attitude

By The Center for Public Integrity

Since 2001, funding cuts at OSHA have been mirrored by a drop in the enforcement budget for the agency

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Black lung surges back in coal country

By Chris Hamby

Lost letter: How government fails to deliver on worker safety

By Chris Hamby

Massachusetts workers killed, injured at facilities touted as 'Model Workplaces'

By Beverly Ford

'Model workplaces' not always so safe

By Chris Hamby

Safety risks underscored by violations at ExxonMobil refinery

By Alexandra Duszak

Though violations were serious, fixes need not be immediate

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New scrutiny of worker safety excludes some chemical plants

By Chris Hamby

California's 'safe' workplaces include employers with spotty records

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'Upset' emissions: Flares in the air, worry on the ground

By Kristen Lombardi and Andrea Fuller

In U.S. Steel town, fatal gas explosion goes unpunished by OSHA

By Jim Morris

Lost letter: How government fails to deliver on worker safety

By Chris Hamby

Persistent hazards at a top U.S. employer underscore regulators’ mixed message — and inconsistent tactics

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Massachusetts workers killed, injured at facilities touted as 'Model Workplaces'

By Beverly Ford

Black lung surges back in coal country

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Kentucky death case: Another black eye for state workplace safety enforcement

By Jim Morris

But does it work?

By Chris Hamby

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