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Trench Collapse

Trench Collapse Deaths Ring Out the Old Year

January 8, 2026 Jordan Barab
Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Dying in the New Year

January 6, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Students: Help Workers Fight for Safe Working Conditions

January 5, 2026 Jordan Barab
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January 5, 2026 Jordan Barab
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This Day in Workplace Safety History: The Sago Mine Disaster

January 2, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Made In America

July 18, 2017 Jordan Barab

Five fatalities in Pennsylvania this week and three in Colorado. Work accident kills Mansfield business owner MANSFIELD, PA — A…

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Harwood’s Last Gasp? OSHA Announces Cruel and Bizarre Grant Round

July 17, 2017 Jordan Barab

OSHA released a grant announcement last week for its Susan Harwood Worker Training Grants. But don’t get your hopes up.…

Agriculture Congress

Lost Both Arms and a Leg: Life and Death for Farmworkers

July 16, 2017 Jordan Barab

Intrepid Idaho Journalist Showcases Hazards Facing Farmworkers Dairy workers drown in manure pits. Farmworkers poisoned by pesticides. Limbs amputated. Electrocutions.…

Alex Acosta OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP)

VPP: An Important Tool or a Waste of Scarce OSHA Resources?

July 14, 2017 Jordan Barab

OSHA will hold a stakeholder meeting on Monday (and another in the Fall) to discuss how to improve the agency’s…

Alex Acosta Budget MSHA NIOSH OSHA

House Releases Labor Budget Bill — And It’s Even Worse than Trump’s

July 13, 2017 Jordan Barab

You thought Trump’s budget proposal was bad for OSHA? Well, our Republican friends in the House of Representatives have issued…

Confined Space OSHA Trench Collapse

Workers Needlessly Killed: Near and Afar

July 12, 2017 Jordan Barab

Just heard about a worker killed in a trench collapse about a dozen miles down the road from me. He…

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BREAKING: Chemical Safety Board Survives

July 11, 2017 Jordan Barab

Good news! The House Appropriations Committee released its FY 2018 Interior and Environment Appropriations budget bill today and it fully…

Alex Acosta Budget Labor Unions Susan Harwood Worker Training Program

Killing the Harwood Program Means Killing Workers

July 11, 2017 Jordan Barab

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services will vote Thursday on OSHA’s FY 2018 budget. Most of…

Budget Chemical Safety Board

Save The Chemical Safety Board: Call Your Representatives NOW

July 10, 2017 Jordan Barab

The House Appropriations Committee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies will hold a mark-up on Wednesday, July 12 on the…

Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Suffocations, Shootings, Highways — again.

July 10, 2017 Jordan Barab

Fourth TECO worker dies after accident at plant Tampa, FL — A fourth person has died from the TECO Apollo…

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