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Sat. Sep 19th, 2026

Dispatches From the Front Lines of Occupational Safety and Health

September 11, 2026 Jordan Barab

Are you dreading the long boring weekend coming up? Well, never fear. Confined Space is providing you with lots of…

Workers Killed on the Job: The Weekly Toll

May 26, 2026 Aina Atienza

How workers died last week: trench collapse, falling rock, crushed to death, lawn mower, septic tank suffocation, electrocution, mine incidents,…

Mine Safety Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Fooling Around with Workers’ Lives: The Weekly Toll

April 7, 2026 Aina Atienza

How workers died last week: trench collapse, electrocutions, coal mining, falls, tree care, crane collapse, vehicular collisions, stabbed, ruptured hot…

Mine Safety MSHA This Day In History

50 Years Ago Today: The Scotia Mine Disaster

March 9, 2026 Jordan Barab

At approximately 11:45 a.m., March 9, 1976, a massive explosion caused by coal dust and methane gas blasted through Scotia…

Mine Safety MSHA This Day In History

This Day in Workplace Safety History: The Sago Mine Disaster

January 2, 2026 Jordan Barab

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Sago mine disaster.

Mine Safety MSHA Silica

Trouble in Republican Paradise? Mineworkers Don’t Want to Die

December 8, 2025 Jordan Barab

News Flash: Some Republican politicians think it might be a bad idea to kill their constituents.

Mine Safety MSHA Silica Trump

Death by Deregulation: MSHA May Roll Back Miners’ Silica Protections

December 5, 2025 Jordan Barab

On April 18, 2024 the Biden administration issued a long awaited new silica rule to protect coal miners — more…

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Donald Trump’s Mad Love of Coal Versus the Miners Who Pay for It with Their Lives

December 3, 2025 Rena Steinzor

This past April, President Donald J. Trump issued one of the wackiest, fact-challenged and ineffective executive orders of his second…

Mine Safety MSHA This Day In History

Farmington Mine Disaster and the Blood of Coal Miners

November 20, 2025 Jordan Barab

Today is the 57th anniversary of the 1968 Farmington Mine explosion. At 5:30 in the morning on November 20th, a…

Criminal Prosecution Dispatches (Short Stuff) Mine Safety

Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health

October 3, 2025 Jordan Barab

There is a lot happening in the world of workplace safety and health. . Miners Rally to Force Silica Protections…

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