Weekly Toll: Crushed, Fell, Drowned, Stabbed, Shot Entangled in Machinery,
How workers died last week: Machinery, drowning, crushed, stabbing, shooting, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are killed every…
OSHA Has a Flat (Budget)! Almost
We’re almost halfway through Fiscal Year 2024 we’re finally seeing what OSHA and the rest of the Department of Labor’s…
EPA Bans Asbestos: Long Overdue, But More Work to be Done
I am often critical of OSHA’s failure to move forward on life-saving standards. But the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
How workers died last week: Machinery, drowning, two forklift fatalities, shootings, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are killed…
FY 2025 President’s Budget Proposal: Yawn
President Biden has released his Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Proposal. On one hand, his proposal for OSHA and MSHA are…
The Cancer Factory: A Book Review
In 1979, film maker Josh Hanig released a powerful documentary called Song of the Canary, Part One of which dealt…
Weekly Toll: The Final Shift
How workers died last week: Machinery, forklift, grain bin, fire, shootings, vehicle incidents, On average, over 100 workers are killed…
Protecting Healthcare Workers: Caring for the Caregivers
Working in health care has always had its risks and challenges: exposure to infectious diseases, long hours, shift work, back…
Weekly Toll: How Workers Die
How workers died last week: Two trenching fatalities, electrocution, falls, fires, public employee drowning, machinery deaths, shootings, stabbing, vehicle incidents.…
Weekly Toll: Killed at Work
How workers died last week: Falls, vehicle incidents, shootings and a number of unexplained “industrial accidents”. On average, over 100…