Trump Budget to Workers: Drop Dead
In Washington DC, the classical way to attempt to hide bad news is to announce it late Friday afternoon. And…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How Workers Died Last Week: Electrocutions, explosion, fire, forklift, machinery, drowning, tree care, logging, shootings, stabbing, vehicle incidents. On average,…
Weekly Toll: Workplace Death
Here are how some workers were killed on the job over the past couple of weeks: falls, animal attacks, forklifts,…
House OSHA Hearing: Rhetoric vs. Reality
For those of you who missed it, the House Education and Workforce Committee held a hearing last week titled “Reclaiming…
The Gift – and a Regifting Proposal
The gift was BIG news; big in so many ways. I’m talking about the BIG gift that the government of…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Meanwhile, workers continue to die. Here are how some were killed last week: Scaffolding collapse, machinery, mudslide, falls, farming tree…
Partial Stay of Execution? What’s Happening at NIOSH?
On April 1, the Trump administration snuck up behind the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and murdered…
American Poison: How Leaded Gas Companies Beat The Toxicologists
One hundred years ago scientists solved a puzzle: how to improve gasoline to make cars more fuel efficient and eliminate…
Weekly Toll: Workers Memorial Day Edition
Monday was Workers Memorial Day where we pause to remember the dead and fight like hell for the living. Meanwhile,…