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Heat Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Failing to Protect America’s Workers: The Weekly Toll

September 21, 2026 Aina Atienza
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Those Who Didn’t Come Home: The Weekly Toll

September 15, 2026 Aina Atienza
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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Occupational Safety and Health

September 11, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Thank You to Those Who Run Toward the Danger

September 11, 2026 Kathleen Rest
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The Quiet Heroes of the Back-to-School Season

September 9, 2026 Kathleen Rest
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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…

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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…

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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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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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Rick Burns: Labor Day In Memorium

September 4, 2017 Jordan Barab

Today is Labor Day, a day many of us spend celebrating the work of American workers and the labor movement…

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Post-Harvey Chemical Plant Start-Ups: Something Wicked This Way Comes

September 2, 2017 Jordan Barab

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Photo of the Week: Shoe Shine, Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport

September 2, 2017 Jordan Barab

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Harvey: The Extent of the Disaster In Chemical Corridor

September 1, 2017 Jordan Barab

For Your Reading “Pleasure” The explosions in the Arkema Chemical plant in Crosby, Texas will most likely not be catastrophic.…

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Harvey Update: Flooded Chemical Plant Explodes. Trump Policies Increase Future Risk

September 1, 2017 Jordan Barab

Cable news and newspapers across the country are headlining the continuing explosions at the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby, Texas,…

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