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How American workers died last week: Trench Collapse, confined space suffocation, heat, forklift, machinery, vehicle incidents and shootings. On average,…

Heat Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Dead on the Job

August 28, 2023 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week. Heat, electrocutions, crane collapse, explosion, tree trimming, machinery and vehicle incidents and on and on…

Heat Weekly Toll Workplace Violence

Weekly Toll: How Workers Die

August 7, 2023 Jordan Barab

How workers died over the past few weeks: I was on vacation for a couple of weeks, so this is…

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Miami-Dade Moves to Protect Workers from Heat as Another Dies

July 21, 2023 Jordan Barab

Workers continue to die from high heat and employer neglect, while an OSHA standard may be years off and Texas…

Agriculture Congressional Review Act Dipatches (Short Stuff) Heat Journalism Mine Safety Recordkeeping Short Stuff Silica Workplace Violence

Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health

July 18, 2023 Jordan Barab

Lots happening in the world of workplace safety and health. OSHA and MSHA are making progress on several standards and…

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Heat Kills Another Texas Worker After Abbott Rescinds Heat Protections

July 1, 2023 Jordan Barab

Heat has killed another Texas worker. The Galveston County Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed that 46-year-old construction worker Felipe Pascual…

COVID-19 Dipatches (Short Stuff) Heat Meatpacking & Poultry Workers Mine Safety MSHA Short Stuff Silica Workplace Violence

Dispatches From the Front Lines of Occupational Safety and Health

June 27, 2023 Jordan Barab

Mine Employee and Company Convicted of Falsifying Coal Dust Sampling Walter Perkins, a coal dust examiner in Harlan County, KY,…

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