The nonsense I stumble across on job sites. Check out this OSHA compliant extension cord repair! #OSHA #electrical #bodge

'The AFL-CIO & 3 top former OSHA officials fear the possibility of Elon Muskaccessing unredacted whistleblower files that OSHA maintains. There's currently dozens of open OSHA cases across Tesla, SpaceX, & The Boring Company.

Companies tied to Elon Musk have dozens of workplace health & safety cases open at OSHA. Union leaders & former OSHA officials are concerned.

#Musk #Corruption #DOGE #OSHA #Public Safety #WorkerSafety #WorkersRights #Union #Tesla #SpaceX #USPol https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge-osha-whistleblower-files/

It's #HootinTootinTuesday again! Post some jokes or funny memes under this hashtag today, and bring lots of smiles to #Mastodon.

"The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an internal February 7 email obtained by Popular Information. The email says the publications have been removed from the OSHA website and tells staff that any physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled."

The purge appears to be part of the Trump administration's effort to terminate any activities associated with "diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility," or DEIA. The email advises OSHA staff that "[i]f you have wallet cards that include language, or can be interpreted, on DEIA or gender ideology, please dispose of them as well."

Popular Information has obtained archived versions of most of the deleted publications. Almost all of them are not associated with DEIA topics but appear to have been targeted because they include a DEIA-related keyword used in a completely different context."

https://popular.info/p/in-botched-dei-purge-osha-trashes

Even for Trump/Musk/DOGE this is astonishingly stupid.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1891480777759580459.html

#elonmusk 's #coup attacks #osha over #dei

https://popular.info/p/in-botched-dei-purge-osha-trashes

#via https://bsky.app/profile/juddlegum.bsky.social/post/3lietkfvgtk2c and @Trenton_Hoshiko

The destruction of OSHA guides is exactly what I was worried about 2 weeks ago

https://bsky.app/profile/juddlegum.bsky.social/post/3lietkfvgtk2c

Looks like they were targeted because of out of context keywords.

@paulknightly
I’m sure this is just a coincidence:

Source: https://aa.law/blog/tesla-received-triple-the-amount-of-osha-complaints-than-the-10-largest-us-car-factories-combined/

What Is OSHA and Why Do Some Republicans Want to Disband It? | TIME

https://time.com/7213433/what-is-osha-republicans-disband/ #OSHA #Republicans #Workplace #WorkerSafety #Safety #Politics #Government #Health

Apropos of everything, you can download OSHA guides for safety. I am a BIG safety fan, so these are probably good to have on hand if there is any issues accessing them later. I specifically grabbed the Small Business Safety Guide and some construction ones (because film sets are frequently dangerous like construction sites).

Guides List: https://www.osha.gov/publications/bytype/booklets

The motive for destroying #OSHA:

"This bill abolishes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and its functions. OSHA, which is part of the Department of Labor, sets and enforces workplace safety and health standards and provides related training, outreach, education, and assistance."

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/86

You know, because personal health and safety is highly overrated when you are a worker working in the US.

Republicans don’t care if workers are killed on the job because of unsafe conditions.

Republican Pressure to Disband OSHA Rises Amid Sweeping Trump Orders
https://www.inc.com/kit-eaton/republican-pressure-to-disband-osha-rises-amid-sweeping-trump-orders/91143762

During his first term, Trump’s #OSHA Department cut back on safety inspections. He also repeatedly tried to gut OSHA’s budget.

Now, Republicans are trying to gut the workplace safety agency altogether.

This is the party of corporate greed, not the party of workers.

Dr Rubin's substack: A bill to abolish #OSHA was introduced to the House.

A bill was introduced to Congress on January 3, 2025 to try and abolish the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA was created in 1970 under President Nixon to help ensure safe working conditions.

https://drrubin.substack.com/p/fda-recalldrug-shortage-roundup-232025?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaYDOyLM3C4moeT5vulzcyhiMycwJLHge3WHMAjLfPWrFnfSTckYkC4A7xs_aem_ExZ0cO3Ozy-ztvatCIv5QQ

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/86/text
#AZ #gop Andy Biggs

Republican Congressman Andy Biggs has introduced a bill to abolish OSHA.

Workers are already struggling with workplaces that aren’t Covid safe. We’ve failed to upgrade air quality or install any other meaningful mitigations for an ongoing pandemic

This bill would be devastating for worker’s rights

https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr86/BILLS-119hr86ih.pdf

If the government won't protect your safety via OSHA on the job with your employer, when your employer fucks up and gives you cancer or lead poisoning or you lose a leg and can't sue, what are you going to do?

Its your employers fault if the workplace is not safe, remember that.