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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
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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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New DOL Enforcement Memo Details Where Not to Enforce

March 11, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Congress David Michaels Silica
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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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Time To Act: Save Worker Training Grants, Health & Safety Research

July 10, 2017 Jordan Barab

If you haven’t yet done so, it’s time to do so. And if you have done so, do it again:…

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Dispatches from the Front of the War on Worker Safety: Short Stuff

July 7, 2017 Jordan Barab

Major, Radioactive Oops: More than 30 nuclear experts inhaled uranium after radiation alarms and ventilation systems at a Department of…

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States Get Safety Report Cards: Winners and Losers

July 6, 2017 Jordan Barab

It’s report card time and states are lining up to get their grades from the National Safety Council.The State of…

OSHA

Losses at OSHA

July 5, 2017 Jordan Barab

George Yoksas The OSHA family suffered a huge loss last month when George Yoksas passed away at his desk at…

Alex Acosta Enforcement Press Releases

Enforcement Update: OSHA Still Embarrassed About Enforcing the Law

July 5, 2017 Jordan Barab

Press Release Drought Continues When Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta testified last month before the US Senate, he committed to…

Environmental Protection Agency Regulations and Standards

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July 4, 2017 Jordan Barab

A federal appeals court has blocked EPA’s delay of its methane pollution rule. The court says that the reasoning EPA…

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Weekly Toll: The Pain Continues

July 3, 2017 Jordan Barab

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EPA: “A Corporate Takeover of the Agency”

July 2, 2017 Jordan Barab

We read the painful stories in the Sunday papers so you don’t have to. Today a story about the corporate…

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