Republicans Still Control The Mine Safety Review Commission — Putting Miners at Risk
These are troubling times at the obscure Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission (FMSHRC) and that means troubling and…
Three Deaths. Three Years. Same Site
When it comes to workplace safety and health, great journalism that thoroughly explores a problem is rare. When journalists put…
Weekly Toll: The Deaths Continue
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
Trench Deaths: Failure to Learn
I’m frustrated. Every few months I go on a tirade about workers who are needlessly suffocated and crushed to death…
Tampa Electric Pleads Guilty to Criminal Charge in Death of 5 Workers
On June 29, 2017, five workers at Tampa Electric — Michael McCort, 60, Christopher Irvin, 40; Frank Lee Jones, 55,…
Monthly Toll
I’ve been gone the past few weeks and behind on memorializing those killed in the workplace. I’ll catch up this…
PhilaPOSH: A Good Day to Remember the Dead and Fight for the Living
Last Friday was a beautiful, sunny day in Philadelphia. A perfect day for PhilaPOSH’s annual Workers Memorial Day celebration. This…
Amazon Skates Free While Climate Change Kills Workers
Deny it or not, climate change is not just coming; it’s here. And it’s not just homes in newly flood-prone…
OSHA Healthcare Worker COVID-19 Hearing Starts Today
OSHA’s rulemaking hearing for a permanent standard to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 begins this morning at 9:30 a.m. The…
AFL-CIO Releases 2022 “Death on the Job” Report
Tomorrow is Workers Memorial Day — the day every year that is dedicated, in labor organizer Mother Jones’ words to…