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Enforcement OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP)

OSHA CARES: About the Boss

March 27, 2026 Jordan Barab
Fires and Firefighting Public Employees Weekly Toll

Death in the Workplace: The Weekly Toll

March 24, 2026 Aina Atienza
Congress David Michaels Silica

Republicans Try to Impose Death Sentence on Silica Countertop Workers

March 23, 2026 Jordan Barab
Public Employees Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Fatal Workplaces: The Weekly Toll

March 17, 2026 Aina Atienza
Occupational Disease Workplace Illness

Small but Mighty: How One Organization Has Championed Worker Health for Nearly Four Decades

March 13, 2026 Kathleen Rest
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Republicans Try to Impose Death Sentence on Silica Countertop Workers
Congress David Michaels Silica
Republicans Try to Impose Death Sentence on Silica Countertop Workers
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Supreme Court’s Disastrous OSHA Decision: What Others Are Saying
COVID-19 Supreme Court
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Brett Kavanaugh OSHA
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OSHA Pulls Protections As Healthcare Worker Deaths Rise
COVID-19 Health Care Workers OSHA
OSHA Pulls Protections As Healthcare Worker Deaths Rise
OSHA CARES: About the Boss
Enforcement OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP)
OSHA CARES: About the Boss
Death in the Workplace: The Weekly Toll
Fires and Firefighting Public Employees Weekly Toll
Death in the Workplace: The Weekly Toll
Republicans Try to Impose Death Sentence on Silica Countertop Workers
Congress David Michaels Silica
Republicans Try to Impose Death Sentence on Silica Countertop Workers
Fatal Workplaces: The Weekly Toll
Public Employees Trench Collapse Weekly Toll
Fatal Workplaces: The Weekly Toll
Fatalities Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home

May 15, 2017 Jordan Barab

The latest list of workers not coming home at the end of the shift Jimmy Ray Baker, 45 of Houston…

Alex Acosta Enforcement OSHA Press Releases

OSHA Press Releases Hide Behind “Cloak of Invisibility”

May 15, 2017 Jordan Barab

After almost four months, the Trump Administration’s OSHA has issued only two enforcement-related press releases, despite having issued well over…

Mine Safety MSHA

Has Prison Rehabilitated Don Blankenship?

May 12, 2017 Jordan Barab

Don Blankenship got out of jail this week and instead of taking the path of penitence after a year of…

AFL-CIO Alex Acosta Deconstructing the Administrative State Office of Management and Budget Regulations and Standards Regulatory Process

Making OSHA More Effective: President Trump and Secretary Acosta Need Your Help!

May 11, 2017 Jordan Barab

President Trump and Labor Secretary Acosta need you to do something for your country. On March 13, President Trump signed…

Workers Compensation Workplace Illness Workplace safety and health programs

Liberty Mutual to Close its Famed Research Institute

May 11, 2017 Jordan Barab

The country is about to lose a major player in safety and health research, and it couldn’t come at a…

COSH Groups Freak Accident Weekly Toll

Workplace Death: Freak Accident or Preventable?

May 10, 2017 Jordan Barab

Sometimes, when you’re reading about the tragedies in the Weekly Toll, there are a few that you think, “Well, that’s…

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Short Stuff: News You Will Be Embarrassed Not to Know

May 9, 2017 Jordan Barab

Here’s the latest news that you can use to impress your friends and intimidate your enemies. Slashing and Burning: The…

Fatalities Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Remembering Those Who Aren’t Coming Home

May 8, 2017 Jordan Barab

The latest deaths in the workplace, at least as many as I can locate. Lots of vehicle related fatalities this…

Blame the Worker OSHA

“Unavoidable Employee Misconduct?” No.

May 8, 2017 Jordan Barab

A coffee packaging machine gets jammed, and the employee, instead of shutting the machine down, reaches under the machine guards…

Alex Acosta OSHA Press Releases

OSHA Issues Second Enforcement Press Release

May 5, 2017 Jordan Barab

Could Alex Acosta be ushering in a new era at OSHA (or maybe re-ushering in an old era)? Yesterday OSHA…

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