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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,…

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Biden’s FY 2024 Workplace Safety and Health Budget

March 10, 2023 Jordan Barab

“Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget — and I’ll tell you what you value.” — Joe…

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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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Mine Safety Victory: Safety Laws Are “Wrote By Blood”

March 8, 2022 Jordan Barab

West Virginia miners beat back an attempt this week to weaken their mine safety protections. West Virginia mine worker Steven…

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OSHA-MSHA Regulatory Agendas Released

December 10, 2021 Jordan Barab

For regulatory nerds, no days are more exciting than when the White House Office of Regulatory and Interagency Affairs (OIRA)…

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Black Lung Investigation on PBS/Frontline Tonight

January 22, 2019 Jordan Barab

We wrote last month about an PBS/Frontline story by Howard Berkes about the return of black lung, how the mixture…

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Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety: Short Stuff

January 11, 2019 Jordan Barab

When it comes to attacks on workplace safety and workers' rights, it's always something. Read all about it here. You…

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2018: The Workplace Safety and Health Year in Review

January 3, 2019 Jordan Barab

2018 is gone and buried. What happened in the world of workplace safety and health? What can we learn that…

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This Day in Workplace Safety History: Sago

January 2, 2019 Jordan Barab

Today is the 13th anniversary of the Sago Mine disaster that killed 12 miners and led to a sweeping modernization…

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“Suffocating While Alive” The Return of Black Lung

December 20, 2018 Jordan Barab

Howard Berkes has published a major investigative piece for NPR/Frontline on the resurgence of black lung among coal miners. Read…