Just Doing Their Job — And Now They’re Dying For It
This is one of those horrific stories that you think must have come out of the 19th century or…
It’s Always Something: Dispatches from the front lines of the battle for workplace safety
Black Lung is Back: After almost being eradicated in the late 1990, black lung is back, with a vengeance. Epidemiologists at…
Radio Night at Confined Space
Don’t feel like going out on the town tonight? Too cold, too tired, too old? Well gather the family around…
The Lives They Lived. And The Gifts They’ve Left Us With
Jim Melius. Leslie Nickels. Jack Sheehan. Mike McGraw. Paul Nyden. As a new year starts, everyone from the New York…
Editorial Board Resigns after Corporate Takeover of Worker-Oriented Public Health Journal
The entire 22-member Editorial Board of the International Journal of Occupational and Environment Health resigned this morning after a months-long…
It’s in the Water: Protecting Hurricane Recovery Workers
With both Harvey and Irma behind us (barely), the time for cleanup, recovery and rebuilding is here. And workers across…
Liberty Mutual to Close its Famed Research Institute
The country is about to lose a major player in safety and health research, and it couldn’t come at a worse…
Trump to Construction and Maritime Workers on Workers Memorial Day: “Get Sick and Die.”
The Trump administration today — Workers Memorial Day — initiated its first real OSHA regulatory rollback — a proposed weakening or elimination of…
Radium Girls: Glowing and Dying
If you caught “Weekend Edition” on NPR this morning, you heard a fascinating, but tragic interview with Kate Moore about…
Asbestos: Still a Killer
Hear much about asbestos lately? Think it’s one of those hazards from the past? Think again. An estimated 50,000 workers…