Jordan Barab, Author at Confined Space

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2024 Confined Space Year in Review

January 2, 2025 Jordan Barab

As 2024 thankfully disappears into the sunset, now we can all look forward, with great confidence to….2029? The one definite…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: The Last Shift

December 30, 2024 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week. 17 year old at amusement part, building collapse, correction officer beaten to death, stabbing, shootings,…

Journalism Public Employees Trench Collapse

Who’s Protecting Georgia’s Public Employees?

December 26, 2024 Jordan Barab

Hope you all are having a nice holiday. I did. But, of course, as I wrote earlier this week, there…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home For Christmas

December 23, 2024 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week. Trench Collapse, train derailment, plane and helicopter crashes, falls, tree care, shootings, vehicle incidents. On…

Public Employees Trench Collapse

Georgia to Public Employees: Die Like Dogs

December 23, 2024 Jordan Barab

Three city employees have been killed on the job in Georgia over the past month and a half. At least…

Heat

Nevada’s Heat Standard: Much Ado About Little

December 17, 2024 Jordan Barab

When writing about Trump 2.0, I expressed the hope that OSHA state plan states would take the initiative to protect…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: How Workers Die

December 16, 2024 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week. Fumes from pig barn, tree service, crushed under a steam roller, falls, forklift, fire fighting,…

Public Employees Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Tragedies During Holiday Time

December 9, 2024 Jordan Barab

How workers die. Trench Collapse, falls, machinery, forklift, explosion, rabies from bat bite, electrocution, shootings, vehicle incidents. On average, over…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Missing from Thanksgiving

December 2, 2024 Jordan Barab

How workers die. Falls, salt mine, shootings, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the…

2024 Elections Department of Labor

Trump’s Labor Pick: The Best Clown in the Cabinet Clown Car?

November 27, 2024 Jordan Barab

Labor advocates may not be dancing in the streets, but they at least seem to be emitting a small (very…

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