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Enforcement OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP)

OSHA CARES: About the Boss

March 27, 2026 Jordan Barab
Fires and Firefighting Public Employees Weekly Toll

Death in the Workplace: The Weekly Toll

March 24, 2026 Aina Atienza
Congress David Michaels Silica

Republicans Try to Impose Death Sentence on Silica Countertop Workers

March 23, 2026 Jordan Barab
Public Employees Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Fatal Workplaces: The Weekly Toll

March 17, 2026 Aina Atienza
Occupational Disease Workplace Illness

Small but Mighty: How One Organization Has Championed Worker Health for Nearly Four Decades

March 13, 2026 Kathleen Rest
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Enforcement OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP)
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Republicans Try to Impose Death Sentence on Silica Countertop Workers
Congress David Michaels Silica
Republicans Try to Impose Death Sentence on Silica Countertop Workers
Fatal Workplaces: The Weekly Toll
Public Employees Trench Collapse Weekly Toll
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Supreme Court’s Disastrous OSHA Decision: What Others Are Saying
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Brett Kavanaugh OSHA
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OSHA Pulls Protections As Healthcare Worker Deaths Rise
COVID-19 Health Care Workers OSHA
OSHA Pulls Protections As Healthcare Worker Deaths Rise
OSHA CARES: About the Boss
Enforcement OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP)
OSHA CARES: About the Boss
Death in the Workplace: The Weekly Toll
Fires and Firefighting Public Employees Weekly Toll
Death in the Workplace: The Weekly Toll
Republicans Try to Impose Death Sentence on Silica Countertop Workers
Congress David Michaels Silica
Republicans Try to Impose Death Sentence on Silica Countertop Workers
Fatal Workplaces: The Weekly Toll
Public Employees Trench Collapse Weekly Toll
Fatal Workplaces: The Weekly Toll
Fatalities Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Workers’ Deaths Are Not Statistics

September 11, 2017 Jordan Barab

A couple of comments before we get to this week’s list. We’ve written about OSHA’s unfortunate decision to remove the…

Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week: Tour Bus Driver, Union Station

September 8, 2017 Jordan Barab

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Budget MSHA NIOSH OSHA Susan Harwood Worker Training Program

Good Budget News (For a Change)

September 7, 2017 Jordan Barab

Today the full Senate Appropriations Committee reported out the FY 2018 Labor-HHS Funding Bill. The bill maintains OSHA, MSHA and…

Chemical Plant Safety Chemical Safety Board Climate Change Environmental Protection Agency Hurricane Harvey OSHA

Hurricanes and the Chemical Industry: Houston Chronicle Explores the Hazards We’re Facing

September 7, 2017 Jordan Barab

The New York Times discussed yesterday how prepared the chemical industry is for natural disasters like Hurricane Harvey. Today the…

Budget MSHA OSHA Recordkeeping Silica

House Republican Budget Continues War on Worker Safety

September 7, 2017 Jordan Barab

The House of Representatives continued to wage its never-ending war on working people yesterday when the House Rules Committee voted…

Chemical Plant Safety Chemical Safety Board Climate Change Environmental Protection Agency Hurricane Harvey OSHA

Times: Arkema Incident “Raised Doubts” About Chemical Industry’s Preparedness.

September 6, 2017 Jordan Barab

I have a feeling we ain’t seen nothing yet about the effects of Hurricane Harvey on the chemical industry in…

Mine Safety MSHA

Blankenship Sponsors Nauseating, Error-ridden Commercial

September 6, 2017 Jordan Barab

Some of you may have had the misfortune over the last few nights to see this commercial. Produced and paid…

Mine Safety MSHA

Trump Names Coal Executive to Head MSHA

September 6, 2017 Jordan Barab

As deaths in coal mines rise, President Trump last Friday nominated retired coal mining executive David Zatezalo to head the…

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Follow Me On Twitter

September 5, 2017 Jordan Barab

I try to write about a lot of things, but can’t get to everything. Happily, there are a lot of…

Fatalities Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Workers Continue to Die In American Workplaces

September 5, 2017 Jordan Barab

Retired firefighter, 59, dies of 9/11-related cancer, 16 years after he spent weeks at Ground Zero New York, NY —…

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