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Public Employees Weekly Toll

Deadly 9-to-5: The Weekly Toll

October 13, 2026 Aina Atienza
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Carnage in Highway Work Zones

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No Quiet on the Workers’ Front: The Weekly Toll

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September 29, 2026 Aina Atienza
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NRC Wants to Bulldoze Workplace Radiation Protections

September 28, 2026 Richard Miller
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Trump Administration Retreats on NIOSH Destruction

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Even in these darkest of days, there is sometimes good news. Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr. and the…

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Congressional Hearing: Protecting an Industry that is Killing Workers

January 14, 2026 Jordan Barab

A subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing this morning at 10 AM ET with the snappy…

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January 12, 2026 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week: Three dead from electrocutions, 5 workers crushed under vehicles, construction, confined space, welding explosion, falls,…

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Trench Collapse Deaths Ring Out the Old Year

January 8, 2026 Jordan Barab

At least five workers were crushed to death in preventable trench collapses in the last month and a half of…

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Weekly Toll: Dying in the New Year

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Students: Help Workers Fight for Safe Working Conditions

January 5, 2026 Jordan Barab

Are you a college or graduate student interested in work, workers and workplace safety and health? Do you want to…

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January 2, 2026 Jordan Barab

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Sago mine disaster.

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How workers died last week: Logging, construction, gas explosion, truck repair, avalanche, mining, stabbing, shootings and vehicle incidents. On average,…

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