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Farmington Mine Disaster and the Blood of Coal Miners

November 20, 2025 Jordan Barab
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President Trump yesterday signed the resolution repealing the Volks rule , thereby permanently removing OSHA’s ability to cite patterns of…

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Will the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch be good for worker safety? The clear answer is “No.” Allow me to elaborate.…

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Bloomberg Business Week’s Peter Waldman published a devastating article last month about the injuries and fatalities in Southern auto parts…

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In the largest-ever individual award by the OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program, OSHA announced today that it had ordered Wells Fargo…

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Chemical industry representatives are using unproven allegations that a criminal act caused the catastrophic 2013 West Texas explosion to try…

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President Trump recently appointed his 36 year-old son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to head up an effort to make government more efficient.…

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In an open letter to President Donald Trump, former OSHA Assistant Secretary David Michaels asks the President to show workers…

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“I was just following orders” has never seemed like a particularly convincing argument throughout history, but that seems to be…

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OSHA Resumes Preventive Auto Parts Inspections

March 29, 2017 Jordan Barab

OSHA today officially renewed its Regional Emphasis Program (REP) targeting auto parts establishments in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Following the…

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