Former Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health David Michaels talked about OSHA’s role in President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccination and testing mandate for organizations…
2,155 viewsThe House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee held a hearing on protecting transportation industry workers and passengers from COVID-19. A panel of industry experts and professionals…
235 viewsFormer Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health David Michaels talked about the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) role in protecting workers durin…
426 viewsFormer Obama and Clinton administrations official David Michaels talked about the use of “science for hire” in the creation of public policy.
746 viewsEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) officials testified on chemical facility security. In 2013, President Obama, in response to the…
491 viewsIn honor of the 40th anniversary of the creation of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Assistant Labor Secretary David Michaels, labor unions representatives, and business…
1,207 viewsWitnesses testified on H.R. 5663, the Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010, which would authorize the government to temporarily close coal mines under certain conditions and would provide pro…
343 viewsDavid Michaels talked about the role of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in protecting those who are helping to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. He also respond…
4,688 viewsWitnesses testified about potential improvements to federal mine-safety laws. They talked about a number of issues including current federal regulations, mine safety inspections, and the num…
9,748 viewsDavid Michaels talked about his book Doubt is Their Product: How Industry’s Assault on Science Threatens Your Health, published by the Oxford University Press. The former assistant secretary…
993 viewsThe Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Public Sector Solutions to Global Warming, Oversight, and Children’s Health Protection held a hearing on environmental re…
434 viewsSecretary Richardson and members of Congress briefed reporters on plans to compensate thousands of workers exposed to radiation while working in federal nuclear arms production facilities. T…
590 viewsWitnesses testified about an Energy Department report on the Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Paducah, Kentucky which found greater contamination than originally expected. The report states that s…
285 viewsWitnesses testified about allegations that workplace conditions at a Kentucky nuclear processing facility had exposed workers to radioactive sources and nuclear contamination which had subse…
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