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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
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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
Deconstructing the Administrative State OSHA Recordkeeping Regulations and Standards

Swamp Monster in the White House: See no evil, fix no evil.

April 18, 2017 Jordan Barab

Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank makes no secret about disliking Donald Trump. Instead of “draining the swamp” as he promised…

Congress Congressional Review Act Regulations and Standards

OSHA Regulations: The Next Target

April 18, 2017 Jordan Barab

By Scott Schneider After last fall’s election, with Republicans in charge of both the White House and Congress, it was…

Fatalities Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Death In the American Workplace

April 17, 2017 Jordan Barab

Another depressing installment of the Weekly Toll. Note that there are 39 fatalities listed here, going back, more or less,…

Budget Congress Department of Labor Short Stuff Silica Trump Workers Memorial Day Workplace Violence

Short Stuff

April 17, 2017 Jordan Barab

Making Recess Fun Again: One more week left of Congressional recess. Anyone talked to their Senator or Representative about not…

Asbestos Environmental Protection Agency OSHA Workplace Illness

Asbestos: Still a Killer

April 14, 2017 Jordan Barab

Hear much about asbestos lately? Think it’s one of those hazards from the past? Think again. An estimated 50,000 workers…

Blame the Worker Chemical Safety Board

“Human Error?” Don’t Believe Everything Your Read

April 14, 2017 Jordan Barab

Dense cloud of chlorine threatens community near chemical plant. Chemical Safety Board issues preliminary findings of investigation of a chemical…

AFL-CIO OSHA Workers Memorial Day

Workers Memorial Day, April 28

April 13, 2017 Jordan Barab

Workers Memorial Day — when people from around the world come together to remember those who have been killed, injured…

Enforcement OSHA Press Releases

OSHA Enforcement Update: Confined Space Writes OSHA Press Releases

April 13, 2017 Jordan Barab

If OSHA won’t do it, Confined Space will. During the Obama administration, OSHA’s policy was to issue a press release…

COSH Groups Enforcement OSHA Press Releases Trench Collapse

BREAKING!!! OSHA Issues First Enforcement Press Release Announcing $1.5 million fine for two trench deaths

April 12, 2017 Jordan Barab

Employer in fatal Boston trench collapse did not provide safety training and basic safeguards for employees, OSHA finds Atlantic Drain…

Agriculture Bureau of Labor Statistics Congress Department of Labor OSHA

Blood in your food: Injury and Death on Farms

April 12, 2017 Jordan Barab

There are many metaphors that are commonly used in Washington DC . One of those metaphors is to describe something…

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