Monday, November 28, 2005

New NYCOSH Update

The new NYCOSH UPDATE ON SAFETY HEALTH has been published (and it's a hell of a lot more valuable than those worthless OSHA Quicktakes).

The Contents

Worker Safety Takes a Back Seat in the Gulf Coast: Federal Agencies Offer Advice that is Either Useless or Wrong

Disputed $125 Million Aid for Injured Responders Restored to the Federal Budget, Again

Proposed Cutback In Community Right-to-Know Reporting Widely Opposed

New York City Workplace Fatalities Increase in 2004

Contractor Faces 15 Years in Prison for Fatal Trench Cave-In

AFL-CIO Launches New Research Tool Linking OSHA Records to Other Federal Agency Information