OHSHA dragging on whistleblower protection

The Government Accountability Office said the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has not protected whistleblowers particularly failing to provide workers with the mandatory training for investigators. -db OMB Watch September 28, 2010 In a new report, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has again strongly criticized the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for a range [...]

British Petroleum not divulging test results on worker safety in gulf oil spill

Critics are saying that the federal government is not doing enough to get BP to improve monitoring in the gulf oil spill and to release test results on worker exposure to evaporating oil and burning oil. -db McClatchy Newspapers Commentary May 18, 2010 By Marisa Taylor and Renee Schoof WASHINGTON, D.C. — BP, the company [...]

Former Pfizer research scientist awarded $1.37 million in whistle blower suit

A federal jury awarded a former Pfizer research scientist $1.37 million in damages after she was fired for claiming publicly  that she was sickened by a genetically engineered virus while working for the company. The decision rested not on whether the scientist was actually sickened by the virus but on the evidence that Pfizer had violated [...]

Federal safety agency would limit worker’s right to know about chemical hazards

To conform with the United Nations system for classifying chemicals, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is proposing a plan to reduce information given to workers about dangerous chemicals. -db OMB Watch March 23, 2010 A recent proposal by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) would endanger workers by reducing the amount of [...]

Pultizer Prize-winning reporter describes quest for truth in Las Vegas construction deaths

By Donal Brown Wall Street Journal reporter Alexandra Berzon said that favorable circumstances set the stage for the stories on Las Vegas construction deaths that earned her a 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service when she was with the Las Vegas Sun. It is clear, though, that her success in the project derived centrally from [...]