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Enforcement Fall Prevention

OSHA Cites Before Worker Is Killed

Sep 20, 2023 Jordan Barab
Enforcement Fall Prevention

18-Year-Old Killed in Fall: Why We Need OSHA, Part 843,053,495

Sep 19, 2023 Jordan Barab
Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home From Work

Sep 18, 2023 Jordan Barab
Heat Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Death on the Job

Sep 11, 2023 Jordan Barab
Child Labor Freak Accident

16-Year Old’s Death was NOT a “Freak Accident”

Sep 11, 2023 Jordan Barab
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    Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home From Work
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    Heat Weekly Toll
    Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
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    Enforcement Fall Prevention
    OSHA Cites Before Worker Is Killed
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    Enforcement Fall Prevention
    18-Year-Old Killed in Fall: Why We Need OSHA, Part 843,053,495
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    Public Employees Weekly Toll
    Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home From Work
  • Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
    Heat Weekly Toll
    Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
Enforcement Fall Prevention

OSHA Cites Before Worker Is Killed

Sep 20, 2023 Jordan Barab

Just a short follow-up to yesterday’s post about the death of an 18-year-old who fell from a roof because his…

Enforcement Fall Prevention

18-Year-Old Killed in Fall: Why We Need OSHA, Part 843,053,495

Sep 19, 2023 Jordan Barab

All workplace deaths are tragedies and the vast majority are 100% preventable if OSHA standards are complied with.  In other…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home From Work

Sep 18, 2023 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week: Electrocution, falls, machinery, vehicle incidents, tree care, drowning and shootings. On average, over 100 workers…

Heat Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Death on the Job

Sep 11, 2023 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week: Electrocution, heat, falls, fire, logging, vehicle incidents and shootings. On average, over 100 workers are…

Child Labor Freak Accident

16-Year Old’s Death was NOT a “Freak Accident”

Sep 11, 2023 Jordan Barab

16-year old Michael Schuls did NOT die in a “freak accident” in a sawmill on June 29. The cause of…

Public Employees Trench Collapse

Deadly Injustice: Public Employees as Second Class Citizens

Sep 6, 2023 Jordan Barab

This is a tale of two systems: One where employees are protected by a law requiring them to be provided…

Heat Mine Safety Public Employees Weekly Toll

The Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job

Sep 4, 2023 Jordan Barab

How American workers died last week: Trench Collapse, confined space suffocation, heat,  forklift,  machinery, vehicle incidents and shootings. On average,…

Enforcement OSHA

OSHA Proposes New Walkaround Regulation

Aug 29, 2023 Jordan Barab

OSHA has finally issued its official proposal to update how workers can choose their walk-around representatives. Choosing someone to walk…

Heat Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Dead on the Job

Aug 28, 2023 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week. Heat, electrocutions, crane collapse,  explosion, tree trimming, machinery and vehicle incidents and on and on…

Enforcement OSHA

Cease-Fire in War Between OSHA and Dollar Tree

Aug 24, 2023 Jordan Barab

OSHA has reached an agreement with one of the country’s leading health and safety violators. For the second time in…

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