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

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

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.

The negation of 504 plans would not only harm student learning but would also set the precedent that living with a disability ...

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 ...

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

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

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