Posted with permission from Confined Space, a newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues.
Two weeks ago, OSHA gained new political leadership in Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt. And now we’re seeing the first impact of the Trump-Acosta-Sweatt regime at OSHA: A brazen attempt to hide from the American public the extent of workplace fatalities in this country. What we now know is that the Chamber of Commerce is fully in charge at OSHA.