Bruce Rolfsen

@OSHAReporter

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focusing on #OSHA, #DOL & state plans workplace safety/health issues, enforcement. Misspellings are my fault. Retweet isn't endorsement.

JournalistArlington, VAnews.bloomberglaw.com/safety/Joined February 2017

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Bruce Rolfsen

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Feb 3

#NIOSH Says Do-It-Yourself #Covid Air Filtration Units Do Work, Reducing Exposure Up To 73%. blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-

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Feb 3

Chemical Safety Board Back to Three Board Members. Two seats remain vacant. csb.gov/csb-back-to-th #CSB

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Feb 3

#DOL Priorities Expected to Move Ahead Despite Rumored

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Exit to #NHL Players Union.

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DOL Priorities Expected to Move Ahead Despite Rumored Walsh Exit

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh’s rumored imminent departure likely won’t lead to major delays of the Biden administration’s big labor items while a permanent chief is found.

Bruce Rolfsen

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Feb 2

New Jersey Construction Firm Pleads Guilty in Worker Death Case. news.bloomberglaw.com/safety/new-jer #OSHA #SDNY

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New Jersey Construction Firm Pleads Guilty in Worker Death Case

A New Jersey construction company and its principal pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges stemming from the 2017 death of a construction worker, the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern...

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Feb 2

Electric truck maker #Rivian cited by #OSHA for alleged machine safety lockout/tagout violations at Normal, Ill. plant osha.gov/ords/imis/esta

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Feb 2

#Biden Administration Mailed 737 Million #Covid_Tests But Mum on Who Got Them news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and #Covid

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Biden Mailed 737 Million Covid Tests But Mum on Who Got Them

White House staff, the US Postal Service, and other agencies declined multiple requests for details on the $6 billion program. State and local health officials said the lack of information on where...

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Feb 2

OSHA Free Zone: #WWE Faces New Suit Over ‘Horrifying’ #Vince_McMahon Abuse Allegations

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WWE Faces New Suit Over ‘Horrifying’ Vince McMahon Allegations

An investor sued WWE Inc. for more information about “horrifying allegations” against chairman Vince McMahon, saying he hopes to bar McMahon from the board of a company he has led for most of the...

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Feb 1

#Republic_Steel's Canton, Ohio plant faces a $249,000 #OSHA penalty, primarily for alleged repeat lead exposure problems. osha.gov/ords/imis/esta

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Feb 1

#Amazon Hit with New Round of Federal #OSHA Safety Violations.

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Amazon Hit with New Round of Federal OSHA Safety Violations

Amazon.com Inc. is the target of a new round of federal safety and health citations.

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Feb 1

New York Warehouse Quota Law Gets Delay, More Exemptions in Bill news.bloomberglaw.com/safety/warehou #Amazon #XPO

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Warehouse Quota Law Gets Delay, More Exemptions in New York Bill

Large warehouse operators in New York such as Amazon.com Inc. would get more time to comply with a state law regulating the use of production quotas, under new legislation heading to the desk of Gov....

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Feb 1

#Coal Mine Owner Pleads Guilty to Criminal Falsifying Federal Safety Data on #Coal_Dust Exposure. $200,000 fine. news.bloomberglaw.com/safety/coal-mi #UMWA #MSHA

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Coal Mine Owner Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Federal Safety Data

Coal mine operator Black Diamond LLC has agreed to plead guilty in federal court to falsifying coal dust records that the US Mine Safety and Health Administration requires companies to keep.

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Jan 31

Democrats Name Their Members of House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections: Ranking Member #Alma_Adams (NC-12) Rep. #Ilhan_Omar (MN-05) Rep. #Haley_Stevens (MI-11) Rep. #Mark_Takano (CA-39)

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Jan 31

Maid-Rite Workers’ #Covid Imminent Danger #OSHA Claim Rejected by 3d Cir.

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Third Circuit Rejects Workers’ Covid Imminent Danger OSHA Claim

A group of meatpacking plant workers lost their bid for a court order compelling the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to protect them from Covid-19 at their workplace, after the Third...

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Jan 31

#Biden Will End #Covid Emergency, Border Measure in May.

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White House Will End Covid Emergency, Border Measure in May

The White House will end a pair of Covid-19 emergency declarations on May 11, spelling the elimination of the controversial Title 42 restrictions and expulsion measures at the US-Mexico border.

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Jan 26

Viewed the crime scenes today in Half Moon Bay. Deplorable, heartbreaking living conditions. As I said on the campaign trail, we must raise the quality of life of farm workers, NOW.

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#Amazon Given Until Summer to Comply With #OSHA, #SDNY Worker Safety Subpoenas

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Amazon Given Until Summer to Comply With Worker Safety Subpoenas

Amazon.com Inc. has until June 30 to completely hand over some 230,000 documents to comply with an OSHA subpoena request, a federal judge in Seattle ruled.

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Jan 30

Connecticut Contractor Fined $375,000 by #OSHA After Worker Dies in Trench Cave-In

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Connecticut Contractor Fined After Worker Dies in Trench Cave-In

Botticello Inc. has been cited for three willful alleged violations and a proposed $375,021 in penalties after a worker died from a trench cave-in at a Vernon, Conn. construction site, the US...

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Jan 30

#Camp_Lejeune Water Contamination Ads Surge Amid ‘Wild West’ of Legal Finance, Tech. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p

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Jan 30

Office Attendance Police Are Coming, One Badge Swipe at a Time. news.bloomberglaw.com/safety/office- #Covid #RTO

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Office Attendance Police Are Coming, One Badge Swipe at a Time

Welcome back to the office everyone! We want you to stay…really. That’s the message that companies are twisting themselves into knots trying to convey, with mixed results.

Bruce Rolfsen

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Jan 30

#Biden’s Axing of Trump-Era #NLRB Lawyer #Peter_Robb Approved by 9th Cir.

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Biden’s Axing of Trump-Era NLRB Lawyer Approved by 9th Cir. (1)

President Joe Biden had the authority to fire the Trump administration’s top lawyer at the National Labor Relations Board, a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled.

Bruce Rolfsen

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Jan 27

Explosive #Combustible_Dust Target of Updated #OSHA Worker Safety Inspection Drive.

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Explosive Dust Target of Updated Worker Safety Inspection Drive

Industries that produce large quantities of dust—such as wood furniture manufacturers, grain processors, and metal machine shops—are now subject to an updated OSHA inspection program.

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Jan 27

#Starbucks Win Upheld in Retaliation Suit Over Pest Strip Reports news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re

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Jan 26

Employers May Face Higher Safety Fines Under New #OSHA Policy

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Employers May Face Higher Safety Fines Under New OSHA Policy (1)

OSHA has expanded which types of violations qualify as egregious, allowing the agency to increase fines against employers with histories of endangering workers.

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Jan 26

#Chemical_Safety_Board plans to issue 11 final reports in 2023 on chemical accidents. csb.gov/assets/1/17/cs #CSB

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Jan 26

#Sidley Austin LLP to Associates: Skipping Law Office Will Cost You Bonus Money. news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re #Covid

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Sidley to Associates: Skipping Office Will Cost You Bonus Money

Sidley Austin is telling junior attorneys they may lose bonus cash if they spend too little time working from the office.

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Jan 25

#GOP Names its Members of the House Education & Workforce Committee. edworkforce.house.gov/news/documents

California Voters to Decide Fate of #FastFood Labor/Worker Safety Law in 2024 news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re #Starbucks #McDonalds #InnOutBurger

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California Voters to Decide Fate of Fast Food Labor Law in 2024

Californians next year will vote on whether to uphold a landmark law intended to give workers and unions more say in fast-food workplace standards, including raising the minimum wage to $22 an hour.

Bruce Rolfsen

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Jan 25

#DOL’s Wage & Hour Division Vows #Child_Labor Focus Despite No Rule Changes

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DOL’s Wage Arm Vows Child Labor Focus Despite No Rule Changes

Democrats and safety organizations want the US Labor Department to go further in its child labor enforcement efforts by revisiting certain limits on the types of jobs minors can work, but the Biden...

Bruce Rolfsen

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Jan 25

Delivery Companies Fined by #OSHA After Driver’s #Dry_Ice Exposure Death

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Delivery Companies Fined After Driver’s Dry Ice Exposure Death

OSHA has issued citations against two businesses after a truck driver in Alabama died following exposure to harmful chemicals in bags of dry ice that she was transporting.

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Jan 25

Colorado school infested with #skunks and cats for months. #OSHA complaint alleging #cat exposure filed.

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Pueblo charter school infested with skunks and cats for months | KRDO

Pueblo charter school infested with skunks and cats for months

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Jan 24

#Biden renominated #Moshe_Marvit to be the 5th member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for term expiring Aug. 30, 2028. His 2022 nomination didn't reach a Senate confirmation vote. #FMSHRC.