Lac Mégantic: Blame the Worker on Steroids
An unmanned, half-mile long train “bomb train” carrying tank-cars full of highly explosive crude oil barrels toward a city where…
Dairy Workers: Suffocating in Manure
Tim Craig has written a very good, if disturbing article in the Washington Post about hazardous conditions for dairy farm…
Who Is Responsible For Worker Safety?
One of the free services we provide here at Confined Space world headquarter is helping journalists write better articles. Here…
I’m outa here….
For a couple of weeks… Blogging will be light over the next couple of weeks as I head out on…
Weekly Toll: Workers Not Coming Home This Week
68-year-old man killed in workplace accident in Hall County Atlanta, GA — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating.…
Will We Ever Know How Rickey Nombrano Died?
Ricky Nombrano, part of the Ballinger, Texas city work crew was killed earlier this week “while operating heavy equipment.” We…
Photo of the Week: Vendor, New York City
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OSHA Delays Full Silica Enforcement For One More Month
You won’t see it in a press release, but yesterday OSHA announced another 30 day delay in full enforcement of…
Houston, We Have A Fox-Chicken Problem…
While the new headlines are all about Hurricanes, health care, North Korea and tax “reform,” chickens around the country are…
Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Battle to Protect Workers: Short Stuff
In Memorium, Adrienne Markowitz: The health and safety movement has lost another of its legends. Adrienne Markowitz, former safety and…