Hiding Unsafe Conditions Behind Suicide
I have no great affection for employers who fail to provide a safe workplace — as the law and common…
Miami-Dade Moves to Protect Workers from Heat as Another Dies
Workers continue to die from high heat and employer neglect, while an OSHA standard may be years off and Texas…
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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
Lots happening in the world of workplace safety and health. OSHA and MSHA are making progress on several standards and…
16-Year Old Killed in Meat Processing Plant
Another teenager has died in a workplace where children have no business working. HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) – A teenage boy…
Weekly Toll: Killed in the Workplace
How workers died last week: trench collapse, explosions, electrocution, falls, vehicle incidents, shootings. On average, over 100 workers are killed…
The Myth of “Freak Accidents”
I’ve been writing this blog on and off for over 20 years. Sometimes it seems that the basic stories remain…
House Republican Budget Declares War on Workers
Joe Biden once said “Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget — and I’ll tell you what…
Defending Your Castle From OSHA Barbarians
A man’s (sic) home is his castle, so they say. Where he or she is able to make the rules…
Weekly Toll: Lost in the Workplace
Last week workers were killed in falls, explosions, fire, logging incidents, shootings, vehicle crashes, construction incidents, a grain silo collapse…
Richard Ravitch 1933-2023: A Memory by Damon Silvers
Maybe it’s my rapidly advancing age (and that of my friends), but I seem to be attending more memorial services…