Dispatches: Some Great Reading to Fire You Up
I’ll taking a break for the next couple of weeks (and hopefully away from the computer.) But just because there’s…
2024 Elections
Deconstructing the Administrative State
Heat
Journalism
MSHA
OSHA
Regulatory Process
Silica
Walkaround
Year in Review
2024 Confined Space Year in Review
As 2024 thankfully disappears into the sunset, now we can all look forward, with great confidence to….2029? The one definite…
Who’s Protecting Georgia’s Public Employees?
Hope you all are having a nice holiday. I did. But, of course, as I wrote earlier this week, there…
Tis the Season for Appreciation and Gifts
Tis the season. Holiday gatherings, festive lights, music, and decorations galore — at home, in stores, in city, town, and…
Project 2025 and the Lives of Workers
The Washington Post ran an amazing article written by Michael Lewis yesterday, about Chris Mark, the “Principal Roof Control Specialist”…
Shaking My Head
SMH Sometimes you don’t know whether to laugh or to cry. In this case, both. Check out the photo above.…
The Real Victims of Silica: Mine Operators
What happens when a miner is exposed to silica dust every day on the job? Several years ago, NPR reporter…
Agriculture
Dipatches (Short Stuff)
Heat
International
Journalism
MSHA
Penalties
Short Stuff
Silica
Workplace Violence
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
Violent Assaults Against Workers Continue While OSHA continues to sloooowly make progress on its standard to protect healthcare workers against…
Blog
Budget
Child Labor
COVID-19
Heat
Journalism
Public Employees
Railroads
Recordkeeping
Regulations and Standards
Year in Review
The 2023 Confined Space Year In Review
Happy New Year. It’s time to look back on the events of 2023 before they’re permanently buried beneath the tragic…
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
So much happening, so little time to write about it. What’s been going on in the world of workplace safety…