10/16/2026
Jim hosts from a hotel lobby, covering the day's safety and regulatory news. He opens with his standard disclaimer about OSHA/EPA citations and presumption of innocence, then dives into political commentary on the upcoming elections and the cycle of unfulfilled promises.
Jim follows up on the Christopher Boone Crimmins boom-truck manslaughter case, sharing field stories about equipment training and respirator fit-testing gone wrong. He covers a fatal crushing at McWane Ductile in Phillipsburg, NJ, where a delayed 911 call may have cost a worker's life, and a deported unruly airline passenger.
On the regulatory front: OSHA cited six NY/NJ contractors $648K for excavation violations at Monroe Commons; EPA Administrator Zeldin announced the "American Farmer First" policy in Iowa; and OSHA formalized a new SIF Prevention Alliance with AIHA, ASSP, NSC, and UC Boulder.
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