NIOSH Budget: The Horror Show
I promised to analyze President Trump’s proposed FY 2026 budget for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).…
Partial Stay of Execution? What’s Happening at NIOSH?
On April 1, the Trump administration snuck up behind the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and murdered…
Trump’s War Against “War on Coal” is a War on Coal Miners
Remember the days when Donald Trump pledged to end the war on coal? True to form, during Trump I he…
April is Still the Cruelest Month
Tomorrow is the 15th anniversary of the Upper Big Branch mine mine explosion that killed 29 miners. That was only…
Kentucky Goes After Miners After Weakening OSHA
It’s Trump Time. But while Elon and the Trump regime pillage protections for workers, consumers and the environment, there is…
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
Miners Beware Ten miners have been killed on the job between January 3 and March 5, 2025 – more than…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
How workers died last week. Trench collapse, crushed by industrial machinery, coal mine fall, electrocution, traffic accident, paint booth, shooting.…
Labor Department Acts to Protect Miners’ Black Lung Compensation
The excellent Confined Space 2024 year-end summary missed one important accomplishment of the Biden administration: In December 2024, the DOL’s…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How workers died last week: Coal mining, railroad incident, forklift, electrocution, scaffolding collapse, vehicle incidents, shootings, stabbing, fires and falls.…
Weekly Toll: How Workers Die
I’ve been traveling for a few weeks, so this and next week’s list will be a bit longer than usual.…