New Regulatory Agenda: No Good News for Heat or Silica
Our long wait is over. The White House Office of Management and Budget has finally issued its latest Regulatory Agenda.…
Missing from the Cookout: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Trench collapse, construction, falls, coal mining, firefighting, farming, chemicals, vehicular collisions, shootings, stabbings, construction incidents,…
Today in History: Lac-Mégantic and Piper Alpha Disasters
Reprint from 2018 July 6 has a rather dubious place in the history of workplace and community safety, corporate responsibility…
Season of Sunshine—and Risk
There were two things to celebrate on June 21: Father’s Day and the first day of summer. I thought a…
The Final Shift: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: industrial incidents, farming, rollovers, firefighting, electrocution, offshore incident, skid-loader, vehicle incidents and shootings. On average,…
Mamdani Acts to Protect NYC Workers from Heat Hazards
I happened to be in New York City last week visiting the kids and grandkids when I got an email…
The Weekly Toll: How Workers Died Last Week
How workers died last week: Trench collapse, explosions, falling objects, tree care, shootings, airplane incidents, vehicular collisions, machinery, rollovers, occupational…
Dead on the Job: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Falls, firefighting, grain bin suffocation, lumber mill, vehicular collisions, forklifts, shootings, occupational cancer. On average,…
Human Cockfighting: Lions and Gladiators at the White House Coliseum
Today is a big day for us residents of Washington D.C. 80 years ago today, our revered President slithered out…
Injured Workers Deserve Justice
June 1 was Injured Worker Day in parts of Canada. The province of Ontario is home to a vibrant group…