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Trench Collapse

Epidemic of Trench Deaths in First Half of 2022

Jul 5, 2022 Jordan Barab
Public Employees Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Failure to Survive Work

Jul 4, 2022 Jordan Barab
Deconstructing the Administrative State Environmental Protection Agency Regulatory Process Supreme Court

Supreme Court Threatens the Earth and Safe Workplaces

Jul 1, 2022 Jordan Barab
Budget Fires and Firefighting Heat Immigrants International Public Employees Short Stuff State Plan States Workplace Violence

Dispatches from the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health

Jun 29, 2022 Jordan Barab
Mine Safety Public Employees Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Killed at Work

Jun 27, 2022 Jordan Barab
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Trench Collapse

Epidemic of Trench Deaths in First Half of 2022

Jul 5, 2022 Jordan Barab

As we pass the midpoint of 2022, we may be headed to a new record for trench collapse fatalities. Dare…

Public Employees Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Failure to Survive Work

Jul 4, 2022 Jordan Barab

Two trench deaths last week (on top of three the week before and three the week before that). On average,…

Deconstructing the Administrative State Environmental Protection Agency Regulatory Process Supreme Court

Supreme Court Threatens the Earth and Safe Workplaces

Jul 1, 2022 Jordan Barab

First they came for your voting rights. Next they came for your gun safety laws. Then they came for your…

Budget Fires and Firefighting Heat Immigrants International Public Employees Short Stuff State Plan States Workplace Violence

Dispatches from the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health

Jun 29, 2022 Jordan Barab

Violence Against Transit Workers Transit workers and labor unions across America are sounding the alarm over the trend of violence,…

Mine Safety Public Employees Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Killed at Work

Jun 27, 2022 Jordan Barab

Three trench deaths last week (on top of three the week before), a 16-year old killed driving heavy equipment, mining…

Immigrants Whistleblowers

Jury: Employer Illegally Retaliated Against Undocumented Worker.

Jun 24, 2022 Jordan Barab

There is some good news this week for the rights of undocumented workers. Over five years ago, in May 2017,…

Chemical Safety Board

The Trials and Tribulations of the Chemical Safety Board

Jun 23, 2022 Jordan Barab

The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (a.k.a the Chemical Safety Board or CSB) is a small agency with…

Process Safety Management Recordkeeping Regulations and Standards Workplace Violence

OSHA’s Spring Regulatory Agenda: Meh!

Jun 23, 2022 Jordan Barab

The White House has released its Spring 2022 Regulatory Agenda and I’m not jumping for joy. At this rate, it…

Mine Safety

Marvit Nominated to Mine Safety Review Commission

Jun 22, 2022 Jordan Barab

We discussed the turmoil at the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC) a couple of weeks ago and…

Public Employees Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job

Jun 20, 2022 Jordan Barab

Last week: Three killed in trench collapses, Ohio public employee (with no OSHA coverage) dies in wastewater treatment plant, firefighter…

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