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Friday Night Massacre at Mine Safety Review Commission

May 7, 2026 Jordan Barab
Fall Prevention Weekly Toll

Workplace Fatalities: The Weekly Toll

May 5, 2026 Aina Atienza
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April 29, 2026 Aina Atienza
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Remembering Our Nation’s Fallen Workers

April 28, 2026 Kathleen Rest
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The sad decline in Cal/OSHA’s worker protection

April 21, 2026 Garrett Brown
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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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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…

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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…

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