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Bureau of Labor Statistics

A Failing Report Card on Worker Health and Safety                                                   

Nov 29, 2023 Kathleen Rest
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Weekly Toll: Empty Seats at Thanksgiving

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Nov 21, 2023 Jordan Barab
Mine Safety Public Employees Weekly Toll Workplace Violence

Weekly Toll: The Final Shift

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Bureau of Labor Statistics

A Failing Report Card on Worker Health and Safety                                                   

Nov 29, 2023 Kathleen Rest

Earlier this month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics issued its latest report on private sector workplace injuries and illnesses…

Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Empty Seats at Thanksgiving

Nov 27, 2023 Jordan Barab

Either fewer workers were killed Thanksgiving week (because fewer were working) or fewer reporters reported on workplace fatalities (because fewer were…

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Confined Space Holiday Fundraiser

Nov 21, 2023 Jordan Barab

It is my unpleasant task, every decade or so, to hold an irregular Confined Space fundraiser. As you all know,…

Mine Safety This Day In History

55 Years Ago: The Farmington Mine Disaster

Nov 21, 2023 Jordan Barab

A day late, but yesterday was the 55th anniversary of the Farmington Mine Disaster, November 20, 1968. Below is a…

Mine Safety Public Employees Weekly Toll Workplace Violence

Weekly Toll: The Final Shift

Nov 20, 2023 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week: Two hospital workers killed, machinery, forklift, logging  and vehicle incidents, falls, shootings. On average, over…

Budget

Budget Update: House Postpones Workers’ Death Sentences

Nov 15, 2023 Jordan Barab

As Congress flees town for Thanksgiving, American workers earn a temporary reprieve from Republican attempts to defund the (workplace) police.…

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House Rules Committee Approves Anti OSHA and MSHA Amendments

Nov 14, 2023 Jordan Barab

I wrote yesterday about proposed amendments to the House Labor-Health and Human Services Appropriations bill that would eliminate all funding…

Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job

Nov 13, 2023 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week: Falls, crushed by an excavator, machinery and vehicle incidents, explosion, electrocution. On average, over 100…

Budget House of Representatives

House Republicans Propose to Eliminate OSHA

Nov 13, 2023 Jordan Barab

As we yet again approach the possibility of a Republican inspired government shutdown, suspending numerous government services and keeping millions…

Agriculture Construction Heat

Business Tries to Kill Protections from Heat Hazards that Kill Workers

Nov 9, 2023 Jordan Barab

The Miami-Dade County Commission has voted 8-2 to table proposed protections for outdoor workers against heat until next March where…

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