NIOSH Budget: The Horror Show
I promised to analyze President Trump’s proposed FY 2026 budget for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).…
Weekly Toll: Killed At Work
How workers died last week: Trapped in shredder, run over by a bulldozer, crane collapse, tree care, wind project, forklift,…
DeRemer and Keeling: Dueling Labor Hearings
I had the pleasure yesterday of watching two hearings at the same time (so you wouldn’t have to): The confirmation…
Weekly Toll: Workplace Death
Here are how some workers were killed on the job last week: decapitated by glass, crushed by machinery, electrocuted, falls,…
Trump Budget to Workers: Drop Dead
In Washington DC, the classical way to attempt to hide bad news is to announce it late Friday afternoon. And…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How Workers Died Last Week: Electrocutions, explosion, fire, forklift, machinery, drowning, tree care, logging, shootings, stabbing, vehicle incidents. On average,…
House OSHA Hearing: Rhetoric vs. Reality
For those of you who missed it, the House Education and Workforce Committee held a hearing last week titled “Reclaiming…
Partial Stay of Execution? What’s Happening at NIOSH?
On April 1, the Trump administration snuck up behind the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and murdered…
AFL-CIO Issues 2025 Death on the Job Report
Workers Memorial Day is April 28, and right on schedule, the AFL-CIO has released its annual Death on the Job…