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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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September 11, 2026 Kathleen Rest
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September 9, 2026 Kathleen Rest
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Harvey: What Will OSHA Do?

August 30, 2017 Jordan Barab

The rain finally seems to be stopping in Texas, but the struggles there are just beginning as the huge job…

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Trump to Visit Company Where Worker Was Killed After Company Removed Guard

August 30, 2017 Jordan Barab

Donald Trump is on his way to Springfield, Missouri today to deliver a major speech about tax cuts reform at…

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A Face For Radio

August 29, 2017 Jordan Barab

I was on WTOP Radio at noon today to talk about OSHA’s removal of the list of workplace fatalities from…

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Weekly Toll: OSHA Won’t Tell You Who Died In The Workplace. We Will

August 28, 2017 Jordan Barab

Last week in the workplace: Of note, three fatalities related to forklifts. Also, while OSHA removes workplace fatalities from its…

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August 28, 2017 Jordan Barab

Who’s running OSHA now? Alexandra Berzon of the Wall St. Journal reports that OSHA cut back its reporting of workplace…

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OSHA Covers Up Workplace Fatalities

August 25, 2017 Jordan Barab

Two weeks ago, OSHA gained new political leadership in Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt. And now we’re seeing the first…

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Ronald Reagan’s Workplace Safety Legacy

August 25, 2017 Jordan Barab

Yesterday, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta announced that Ronald Reagan would be named to the Labor Hall of Honor. To…

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Acosta Names Ronald Reagan to Labor Hall of Honor

August 24, 2017 Jordan Barab

While it may go without saying, there’s probably no President in American history more reviled by worker advocates than Ronald…

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As Mining Deaths Rise, MSHA Gets Acting Head — With No Mine Safety Experience

August 23, 2017 Jordan Barab

MSHA has joined OSHA with a new Deputy Assistant Secretary as the agency’s highest official until an Assistant Secretary is…

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Interior Department Cancels Surface Mining Health Study

August 23, 2017 Jordan Barab

The Trump administration has halted a study of the health effects of mountaintop removal strip mining for people living near…

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