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Fertilizer Plant Fire Raises Memories of Tragedy and Regulatory Failures

February 4, 2022 Jordan Barab

The Winston-Salem fertilizer plant fire raises difficult questions on our failure to issue adequate regulatory protections for workers and communities…

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Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Health and Safety: Short Stuff

October 9, 2018 Jordan Barab

The Little Program That Refuses To Die: OSHA announced its 2018 Susan Harwood Grant Awardees last week. This is the…

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House Farm Bill Threatens Chemical Plant Safety

June 28, 2018 Jordan Barab

Last week, the House of Representatives narrowly passed the Farm Bill. And a little noticed sentence in this this gigantic…

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West Texas Explosion: Four Years Later

October 13, 2017 Jordan Barab

Dan Zak of the Washington Post has written a long feature article on the impact and aftermath of the West…

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GAO to OSHA: What’s Up With Workplace Violence and Ammonium Nitrate?

August 4, 2017 Jordan Barab

The Republican Congress may not be fulfilling it responsibility to provide oversight over a Republican-controlled OSHA, but the Government Accountability…

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Fertilizer Plant Fire Raises Memories of Tragedy and Regulatory Failures

Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Health and Safety: Short Stuff

House Farm Bill Threatens Chemical Plant Safety

West Texas Explosion: Four Years Later

GAO to OSHA: What’s Up With Workplace Violence and Ammonium Nitrate?