Worker safety

  February 3, 2013, 12:00 pm

NFL commissioner ‘optimistic’ about league’s future despite safety concerns

By Peter Schroeder

Goodell said the NFL was doing everything it could to keep the sport entertaining, but safe.

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  February 3, 2013, 7:00 am

NFL could spend off-season playing defense amid Capitol Hill scrutiny

By Kevin Bogardus

Members have questioned the league’s lack of testing for performance-enhancing drugs, and have voiced concerns about head injuries.

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Archived under: Business & Lobbying, Worker safety, Labor, Business
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  January 31, 2013, 12:37 pm

Former Rep. Largent: Government should let NFL address head injuries

By Daniel Strauss

Former Rep. Steve Largent (R-Okla.), a National Football League (NFL) Hall of Farmer, says the federal government should not interfere as the league and players address the problem of head injuries.

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  September 19, 2012, 4:25 pm

Senate bill would apply disability rules to pregnant women in the workforce

By Elise Viebeck

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act would make it illegal for workplaces not to "reasonably accommodate" pregnant employees.

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  September 11, 2012, 4:01 pm

Lawmakers to meet NFL commissioner, discuss plans for HGH testing of players

By Jordy Yager and Ben Geman

Commissioner Roger Goodell will discuss prospects for testing players for human growth hormones and other issues plaguing the league.

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  July 26, 2012, 10:38 am

Rockefeller renews mine safety push with revised bill

By Ben Geman

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) is floating revised legislation aimed at toughening mine safety rules and oversight in the wake of the April 2010 explosion at a West Virginia coal mine that killed 29 workers.

Rockefeller has floated versions of the bill several times since the blast at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine, the worst U.S. mining disaster in 40 years. Massey was acquired last year by Alpha Natural Resources.

Here’s what Rockefeller’s office had to say Thursday about the bill:

In the two years since the Upper Big Branch tragedy, both Congress and the administration have enacted some targeted laws and regulations to improve the health and safety of coal miners. However, comprehensive legislation still is needed to achieve important safety improvements, including those specifically recommended by West Virginia miners’ families and investigations into the Upper Big Branch disaster.

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  July 11, 2012, 10:38 am

Obama administration to offer health coverage for part-time firefighters

By Elise Viebeck

After public outcry, the Obama administration confirmed that it will offer health insurance to the government's seasonal firefighters, many of whom have been battling fierce blazes in the West.

A White House official told Reuters that the administration would formally announce the policy change soon.

Thousands of federal firefighters are considered temporary employees of the U.S. Forest Service because they work six months out of the year. 

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  April 19, 2012, 5:37 pm

Unions, watchdogs decry delays on workplace safety rules

By Rachel Leven

Unions, public health scholars and Washington watchdogs pushed Thursday for a simpler and more transparent regulatory process for creating workplace health and safety rules.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is bogged down under more procedural requirements and higher evidence standards than other agencies, witnesses argued at the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing. 

“In the years since its creation, OSHA’s charge to protect workers from harm has been undermined by Kafkaesque demands for additional reviews of existing rules mandated by new statutes and executive orders,” said Randy Rabinowitz, OMB Watch’s director of regulatory policy.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce shot back that the real problem is OSHA’s inability to prioritize and follow through on regulations. 

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  April 5, 2012, 11:51 am

Dems decry lack of action on mine safety

By Julian Pecquet

On the second anniversary of the Upper Big Branch tragedy, the lawmakers said "our mine safety laws must be reformed."

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  March 6, 2012, 5:10 pm

Report faults federal agency in deadly W.Va. mine accident

By Julian Pecquet

The top House Democrat with jurisdiction over worker safety renewed his call for Congress to pass mine safety legislation after a new report found understaffed and inexperienced federal officials missed warning signs ahead of the deadliest mining accident in 40 years.

The panel's Republican chairman, meanwhile, vowed to hold a hearing "in the coming weeks" with Mine Safety and Health Administration director Joe Main.

"Today's report is critical to our understanding of the worst mining disaster in more than 40 years," said Education and Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-Minn.). "The numerous investigations and reviews will help inform efforts in Washington and across the country to enhance mine safety."

The MSHA internal review found that federal officials' shortcomings did not cause the explosion that killed 29 miners at Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia two years ago. It did, however, fault the agency for missing problems and failing to inspect at-risk areas.

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