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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

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 Dispatches (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,…

Heat Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Death at Work

June 26, 2023 Jordan Barab

Last week workers were died of heat stroke, were ingested into an airplane engine, killed in explosions, falls and traffic…

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Worker Dies of Heat Stroke 6 days After Abbott Signs Bill Repealing Heat Protections

June 21, 2023 Jordan Barab

Less than a week after Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill that will repeal measures in Austin and Dallas…

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Greg Abbott’s Texas: Where Workers Go To Die

June 20, 2023 Jordan Barab

The competition to be the nation’s worst Governor can’t be easy these days, especially when you’re going up against Florida…

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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety & Health

June 1, 2023 Jordan Barab

Bring OSHA into the 21st Century The Occupational Safety and Health Act just had its 52nd birthday. OSHA was born…

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Dispatches from the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health

January 27, 2023 Jordan Barab

Long Absences from Long Covid We don’t really know how many workers died of COVID-19 acquired on the job. But…

Congress Heat Regulations and Standards

Elise Stefanik and the Republican War on Workers

September 8, 2022 Jordan Barab

New York Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik is a piece of work. This comes as no surprise to anyone who follows…

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“I’m always worried the heat will kill me”

August 29, 2022 Jordan Barab

“I’m always worried the heat will kill me.” Those were the words of Fernando Castillo, a UPS driver after he…

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