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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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States Get Safety Report Cards: Winners and Losers

July 6, 2017 Jordan Barab

It’s report card time and states are lining up to get their grades from the National Safety Council.The State of…

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July 5, 2017 Jordan Barab

George Yoksas The OSHA family suffered a huge loss last month when George Yoksas passed away at his desk at…

Enforcement Press Releases

Enforcement Update: OSHA Still Embarrassed About Enforcing the Law

July 5, 2017 Jordan Barab

Press Release Drought Continues When Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta testified last month before the US Senate, he committed to…

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EPA, Climate Change and Regulatory Certainty

July 4, 2017 Jordan Barab

A federal appeals court has blocked EPA’s delay of its methane pollution rule. The court says that the reasoning EPA…

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July 3, 2017 Jordan Barab

UGI worker killed in Pa. home explosion, company confirms Lancaster, PA — A UGI worker was killed and two others…

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EPA: “A Corporate Takeover of the Agency”

July 2, 2017 Jordan Barab

We read the painful stories in the Sunday papers so you don’t have to. Today a story about the corporate…

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June 30, 2017 Jordan Barab

Save Harwood, Save Workers: The Trump Administration’s plan to scrap the Susan Harwood Worker Training Grant program has been getting…

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Ohio Decides Injured Workers Deserve Workers Comp — Even if Undocumented

June 30, 2017 Jordan Barab

A proposal that would have blocked workers compensation benefits for undocumented workers injured on the job was defeated Wednesday in…

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Blame The Worker — The Error of Blaming Incidents on “Human Error”

June 29, 2017 Jordan Barab

A New York subway train derailed earlier this week, injuring thirty-four riders and striking fear into the hearts of subway…

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Acosta Testifies in the Senate: Red Lights, Retaliation and VPP

June 28, 2017 Jordan Barab

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta testified yesterday before the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related…

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