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Arkema Chemical Plant Investigation Results in Weak CSB Recommendations

May 30, 2018 Jordan Barab

The Chemical Safety Board released its report on the Arkema chemical incident last week. You may recall that during the…

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CSB Chair Vanessa Sutherland Resigns

May 21, 2018 Jordan Barab

CSB Chair Vanessa Sutherland announced her resignation today. She gave no reason. Sutherland had more than two years left in…

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EPA Proposes to Rescind Obama Chemical Plant Protections; Puts Residents At Risk

May 21, 2018 Jordan Barab

Five years after a catastrophic ammonium nitrate explosion in West, Texas killed 15 persons, destroyed much of the city, and…

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Chemical Safety Board Dodges Trump’s Bullet Again

May 16, 2018 Jordan Barab

But is the agency selling its soul? House Gives CSB Thumbs Up The House Interior and Environment Appropriations Committee has…

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Really Stupid Sh*t: Johns Hopkins, Scott Walker and Bad Foster Parents

April 28, 2018 Jordan Barab

Sometimes you just have to smack your head and laugh. Because the only other thing you can do is scream…

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Wisconsin Refinery Explosion Injures Workers, Causes Mass Evacuation

April 26, 2018 Jordan Barab

A huge explosion rocked the Husky Energy Oil refinery in Superior, Wisconsin this morning, sending at least six workers to…

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Workplace Safety: What Didn’t Happen

March 28, 2018 Jordan Barab

I’m back after a couple of weeks of travel and instead of focusing about what happened over the last couple…

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It’s Always Something: Dispatches from the front lines of the battle for workplace safety

February 16, 2018 Jordan Barab

Black Lung is Back: After almost being eradicated in the late 1990, black lung is back, with a vengeance. Epidemiologists…

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Trump’s Worker Safety & Health Budget Again Undermines Worker Safety & Health

February 15, 2018 Jordan Barab

Earlier this week, President Trump submitted his Fiscal Year 2019 budget proposal. This is his second budget proposal and although…

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Chemical Release Caused by Workers’ Mistakes? CSB Says No.

January 17, 2018 Jordan Barab

Seems like no matter how well a government report describes, some reporters persist in blaming workers’ “mistakes” and “gaffes” for…