Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Heat, electrocution, drownings, shootings, wood chipper, bee attack, firefighting, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100…
Right Outside Our Kitchen Window
Nothing is easy. They’re rebuilding the house next door — right outside our kitchen window. Last week they had guys…
Fate of Spring Regulatory Agenda is Riden’ With Biden
The federal Spring Regulatory Agenda was released a few days ago, but the fate of future OSHA standards is linked…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How Workers Died over the past few weeks: Crushed, electrocuted, shot, suicide, explosion, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers…
OSHA Issues Proposed Heat Standard
OSHA announced today the issuance of a draft Heat Protection standard that will protect 36 million workers from the deadly…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How Workers Died over the past few weeks: Heat, drowning, workplace violence, electrocution, shootings, falls, explosions, building collapse, vehicle incidents.…
Bad Week for Worker Safety: Chevron Deference and Budgets
Not a good week. And I’m not even talking about last night’s debate. What’s been happening that you really don’t…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
I’ve been traveling for a few weeks, so this and next week’s list will be a bit longer than usual.…
Workplace Heat Protections: Forward for the Feds; Progress and Coup in California
As the nation plunges into the summer’s first major heat wave, protections for workers seem have taken a couple of…
Bill Introduced to Stop Public Employees’ Deaths
Somewhere close to 100 workers are killed in the workplace every week of the year. It’s a tragically normal thing,…