Sam Pearson

[Sam Pearson @samrpearson]

It took awhile but now a major industry group is suing arguing it's preempted by federal labor relations law https://t.co/ouD01mig7x @BLaw

[Sam Pearson @samrpearson]

So this was my story from last year on the new California process safety standard requiring companies to consult with worker representatives https://t.co/mnssdgV6d9

[Bloomberg Law: Environment @environment]

Linda S. Birnbaum will retire as director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program effective Oct. 3, @patrizzuto reports. https://t.co/fe2Yaau7UC

[Sam Pearson @samrpearson]

Chemical facilities in lower tiers of the #CFATS program will face new requirements to screen workers for terrorist ties https://t.co/YsBqekZ5wZ via @BLaw

[The Onion @TheOnion]

OSHA Special Ops Team Raids Local Office After Receiving Intel On Expired Fire Extinguisher https://t.co/IrR22qoFLm

[Sam Pearson @samrpearson]

A Missouri court declined to block a $74 million jury verdict in favor of the family of a delivery driver killed when he was crushed by machinery at @Ford Motor Co,'s Kansas City assembly plant https://t.co/vYp8IlLuzr via @BLaw

[Sam Pearson @samrpearson]

The CSB just finished investigation of shut-down DuPont plant - now it looks like Philadelphia Energy Solutions could be going the same way https://t.co/Jl3sDVg0Ds

[Bloomberg Law: Environment @environment]

The biggest refinery on the East Coast will shut down, after a massive explosion and fire crippled operations at a site that helped fuel the region for 153 years. https://t.co/6ea5QPLdkw

[Sam Pearson @samrpearson]

Here's more on the end of the @chemsafetyboard's investigation of DuPont's fatal 2014 chemical release https://t.co/myW7NqrnG6

[Sam Pearson @samrpearson]

EPA's inspector general says they hired an attorney in 1979 & he worked until retirement in 2017. The agency never found out his law license was suspended in 1985 https://t.co/44GdSLVCNS

[Sam Pearson @samrpearson]

https://t.co/Wr4hgGWufW

[Sam Pearson @samrpearson]

The @chemsafetyboard is sending a team to investigate the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery explosion and fire. @OSHA_DOL is also investigating @BLaw

[Sam Pearson @samrpearson]

The National Academies reviewed the issue and said coal operators should go beyond regulatory minimums if they want to protect miners https://t.co/nkTbvUJOwa

[Sam Pearson @samrpearson]

House Democrats are looking into what MSHA should be doing about rising black lung disease cases this morning https://t.co/BPg3pE0gC6

[Sam Pearson @samrpearson]

Currently the silica limit for miners is double what OSHA permits for other industries

[Sam Pearson @samrpearson]

It’s thought that miners are extracting thinner seams of coal with higher silica levels. In 2016, OSHA tightened silica limits for workers, but MSHA didn’t take action for miners.

[Sam Pearson @samrpearson]

Scientists have been tracking the increase with alarm, with one study noting the researchers “can think of no other industry or workplace in the United States in which this would be considered acceptable” https://t.co/YoFKuGSGC2

[Sam Pearson @samrpearson]

Major League Baseball criticizes umpires’ union for tweet describing Manny Machado’s helmet-throwing as workplace violence https://t.co/BYR8GvmI8t #oshasports

[Sam Pearson @samrpearson]

And here's more information about the five-year #CFATS extension now that it's been approved by the committee: https://t.co/UGNTIjQFAQ via @BLaw

[Sam Pearson @samrpearson]

House Homeland Security lawmakers are considering Democrat-backed 5-year reauthorization of the #CFATS chemical security program, which almost expired in January @BLaw

[Ari Natter @AriNatter]

Breaking: U.S. Supreme Court upholds Virginia Uranium mining ban.