Republicans Try to Impose Death Sentence on Silica Countertop Workers
A very new, yet very old and always deadly health specter is haunting American workers: acute silicosis. It’s not your…
Fatal Workplaces: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Trench collapse, pushed down the stairs, electrocution, heavy equipment, logging and tree care, railroad worker,…
Small but Mighty: How One Organization Has Championed Worker Health for Nearly Four Decades
Dateline: September 28-October 2, 1986, Las Vegas Nevada: The American Public Health Association was holding its annual meeting. A small…
New DOL Enforcement Memo Details Where Not to Enforce
Department of Labor Solicitor Jonathan Berry issued a new “enforcement” memo at the end of February to share his “enforcement…
Clocking in for The Final Shift: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Coal mine death, electrocutions, CO2 fire suppression system discharge, steamroller, trench collapse, vehicular collisions, shootings,…
50 Years Ago Today: The Scotia Mine Disaster
At approximately 11:45 a.m., March 9, 1976, a massive explosion caused by coal dust and methane gas blasted through Scotia…
The DeMise of DeRemer?
With the chaos enveloping this country and the world, those old, traditional stories of government corruption, personal malfeasance, coverups and…
Workers Dying in the US: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Trench collapse, fall, struck by train, construction incidents, grass fire, malfunctioning industrial equipment, shootings, stabbing,…
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OSHA Inspections Down 20% in 2025; Keeling Promises More Hiring A group of Democratic Senators has send a letter to…
OSHA’s New Poster Leaves Some Things to be Required
OSHA made a major announcement today: It’s changing posters. Why? Because they care. But this is not necessarily good news.…