Construction industry professionals are warning that the proposed Occupational Health and Safety Act (OSHA) would be useless ...

Last month, the Trump administration nominated mining industry association executive Wayne Palmer to head MSHA.

This is the twelfth installment in a series of articles intended to provide the reader with a very high-level overview of the Occupational Safety ...

A Union Carbide pesticide plant leaked approximately 40 tons of the toxic chemical overnight. The gas killed some 3,000 ...

In a flurry of executive orders starting at inauguration, the Trump White House has dramatically shifted administrative agencies’ ...

After two young men drowned while working their summer jobs removing weeds from lakes, the Legislature is considering new safety rules to prevent those tragedies from happening again.

"With thousands of workers losing their lives each year, we need decisive action to prevent these tragedies," said the ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part two in a four-part series. Read part one here. President Trump and Texas lawmakers are pushing to loosen the ...

Women firefighters, who face a greater risk of some cancers, fought for years to get coverage for their potential illnesses.

Lori Chavez-DeRemer has been confirmed as the 30th U.S. Secretary of Labor by the U.S. Senate after a 67-32 vote.

The Senate confirmed former Oregon congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer to serve as the Trump administration’s secretary of ...