Nevada’s Heat Standard: Much Ado About Little
When writing about Trump 2.0, I expressed the hope that OSHA state plan states would take the initiative to protect…
North Carolinians: Elect Braxton Winston Labor Commissioner
North Carolinians: You get to vote for Labor Commissioner on November 5th. And it shouldn’t be a hard choice: Braxton…
Maryland Issues Workplace Heat Standard
Last week, in a little noticed statement in the Maryland Register, the Maryland Division of Labor and Industry announced the…
Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home
How workers died last week: Suffocated in a farm silo and confined spaces, electrocuted, shot, stabbed, hit by vehicles and…
Weekly Toll: How Workers Die
Today is Labor Day where we honor the important work that this nation’s workers do to make life in this…
Baltimore Hires Anti-OSHA Law Firm to Investigate Worker Heat Death
We wrote last week about the tragic workplace heat death of sanitation worker Ronald Silver II who died of heat…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How workers died last week: 18-year old electrocuted and 17-year old killed delivering UberEats, heat, falls, machinery, grain bin, vehicle…
Heat Kills Baltimore City Worker Before OSHA Standard is Issued
When it comes to workplace safety and health, nothing sharpens the mind of politicians, the media, unions and regulators like…
Coping with Hot
The planet is migrating toward heat waves too intense for humans to survive. In July 2024, scientists logged the four…
Weekly Toll: How Workers Die
How Workers Died Over the Last Weeks: electrocutions, heat, lawn mowers, grain bin, aircraft, falls, construction, firefighting, vehicle incidents and…