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Public Employees Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: We All Have To Die Sometime

June 25, 2025 Dylan Chamberlin
Heat Regulations and Standards Regulatory Process

OSHA Heat Hearing: The Battle Commences

June 23, 2025 Jordan Barab
Occupational Disease Workplace Illness

Who Cares For Injured and Sick Workers?

June 19, 2025 Kathleen Rest
Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job

June 18, 2025 Dylan Chamberlin
Budget Mine Safety NIOSH Occupational Disease

NIOSH Budget: The Horror Show

June 12, 2025 Jordan Barab
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Weekly Toll: We All Have To Die Sometime
OSHA Heat Hearing: The Battle Commences
Heat Regulations and Standards Regulatory Process
OSHA Heat Hearing: The Battle Commences
Who Cares For Injured and Sick Workers?
Occupational Disease Workplace Illness
Who Cares For Injured and Sick Workers?
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Trench Collapse Weekly Toll
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
Deconstructing the Administrative State OSHA
Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
Supreme Court’s Disastrous OSHA Decision: What Others Are Saying
COVID-19 Supreme Court
Supreme Court’s Disastrous OSHA Decision: What Others Are Saying
Brett Kavanaugh OSHA
Kavanaugh: Threat to Workers and to OSHA
OSHA Pulls Protections As Healthcare Worker Deaths Rise
COVID-19 Health Care Workers OSHA
OSHA Pulls Protections As Healthcare Worker Deaths Rise
Weekly Toll: We All Have To Die Sometime
Public Employees Trench Collapse Weekly Toll
Weekly Toll: We All Have To Die Sometime
OSHA Heat Hearing: The Battle Commences
Heat Regulations and Standards Regulatory Process
OSHA Heat Hearing: The Battle Commences
Who Cares For Injured and Sick Workers?
Occupational Disease Workplace Illness
Who Cares For Injured and Sick Workers?
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Trench Collapse Weekly Toll
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Congress Congressional Review Act Ergonomics Recordkeeping Volks Rule

History Lesson: Accurate OSHA Recordkeeping Key to Worker Safety and Health

March 14, 2017 Jordan Barab

The Senate will vote next week on repealing the Volks rule and thereby making it impossible for OSHA to cite…

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New Addition at Confined Space World Headquarters: Wallace

March 14, 2017 Jordan Barab
Budget Congressional Review Act OSHA Press Releases Recordkeeping Regulations and Standards

Worker Safety in Trump Times

March 13, 2017 Jordan Barab

New York Times reporter Barry Meier writes about OSHA’s failure to issue any enforcement-related press releases since inauguration and attacks…

Fall Prevention Penalties

Barringer: Violate, rinse, repeat. Repeat again. And again.

March 13, 2017 Jordan Barab

Those of you who were quick on the draw may have noticed that for a few minutes this afternoon I…

Congress Congressional Review Act Regulations and Standards Volks Rule

Volks Vote Postponed

March 13, 2017 Jordan Barab

Good news. The Senate vote on repealing the Volks rule has been postponed from tomorrow until next week. Repeal of…

Fatalities OSHA State Plan States

Utah State OSHA Plan: Good for the boss, bad for me?

March 13, 2017 Jordan Barab

The Salt Lake City Tribune (partnering with The Utah Investigative Journalism Project) published an article last week entitled “Death on…

Congress Congressional Review Act OSHA Recordkeeping Regulations and Standards Senate Volks Rule

URGENT: Senate Poised to Take Away Worker Safety Protections

March 11, 2017 Jordan Barab

On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on S.J Res 27/H.J. Res 83 repealing the so-called “Volks Rule.”…

Blog Jordan Barab OSHA

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March 11, 2017 Jordan Barab

Introducing Confined Space 2.0. I was hoping to wait a bit longer to start this up, but with crippling budget…

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