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How Workers Died Last Week: The Weekly Toll

December 16, 2025 Jordan Barab
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Ohio Decides Injured Workers Deserve Workers Comp — Even if Undocumented

June 30, 2017 Jordan Barab

A proposal that would have blocked workers compensation benefits for undocumented workers injured on the job was defeated Wednesday in…

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Blame The Worker — The Error of Blaming Incidents on “Human Error”

June 29, 2017 Jordan Barab

A New York subway train derailed earlier this week, injuring thirty-four riders and striking fear into the hearts of subway…

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June 28, 2017 Jordan Barab

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta testified yesterday before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related…

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June 27, 2017 Jordan Barab

Labor Secretary Acosta just finished his last hearing before the Senate on the Department of Labor’s FY 2018 budget. We’ll…

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OSHA Proposes to Delay Recordkeeping Rule

June 27, 2017 Jordan Barab

OSHA has officially announced a proposal to delay the reporting requirements of its “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses”…

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Weekly Toll: Workers Dying Every Day

June 26, 2017 Jordan Barab

Worker dies in accident at Weitsman facility Oswego, NY — An employee at Ben Weitsman & Son’s facility in Owego…

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June 23, 2017 Jordan Barab

Less than half a year after workers finally received long overdue protections against deadly beryllium dust, the Trump administration has…

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June 23, 2017 Jordan Barab

So what’s going on here? OSHA investigates second fatal explosion in a month at Barbour Co., WV plant ARDEN, W.Va.…

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June 22, 2017 Jordan Barab

Get the Lead Out: Joe Rubin at Huffington Post has a troubling story of how the California Department of Public…

Workplace Violence

“Verbally abused, cursed, spit on” New York’s Transit Employees

June 21, 2017 Jordan Barab

“My conductors, on a weekly basis, are either verbally or physically assaulted.” Two assaults were reported recently, he said, including…

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