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All in a Seven Days’ Work: The Weekly Toll

November 10, 2026 Aina Atienza
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Occupational Fatalities: The Weekly Toll

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Workplace Deaths: The Weekly Toll

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October 19, 2026 Garrett Brown
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Workplace Deaths: The Weekly Toll
Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
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Kavanaugh: Threat to Workers and to OSHA
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OSHA Pulls Protections As Healthcare Worker Deaths Rise
All in a Seven Days’ Work: The Weekly Toll
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Occupational Fatalities: The Weekly Toll
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Occupational Fatalities: The Weekly Toll
Clocking in for the Final Shift: The Weekly Toll
Mine Safety MSHA Weekly Toll
Clocking in for the Final Shift: The Weekly Toll
Workplace Deaths: The Weekly Toll
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Workplace Deaths: The Weekly Toll
Beryllium Deconstructing the Administrative State Workplace Illness

Trump to Construction and Maritime Workers on Workers Memorial Day: “Get Sick and Die.”

April 28, 2017 Jordan Barab

The Trump administration today — Workers Memorial Day — initiated its first real OSHA regulatory rollback — a proposed weakening…

Chemical Safety Board Congressional Review Act Deconstructing the Administrative State Department of Labor OSHA Susan Harwood Worker Training Program Trump Volks Rule Workers Memorial Day

The First Hundred Days of Trump’s OSHA: Ain’t Seen Nuthin’ Yet?

April 28, 2017 Jordan Barab

Today is Workers Memorial Day, a day set aside around the world to remember those killed on the job —…

Labor Unions OSHA Poultry Industry

Sacrificing Your Health For Paycheck: NELP Report on Severe Injuries — Especially in Poultry

April 27, 2017 Jordan Barab

Twenty-seven workers suffer severe injuries involving hospitalization or an amputation every day, according to the National Employment Law Project (NELP)…

COSH Groups Workers Memorial Day

The Dirty Dozen: National COSH Releases Report on Companies That Put Workers at Risk

April 26, 2017 Jordan Barab

Just in time for Workers Memorial Day, the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) has announced “The…

AFL-CIO Bureau of Labor Statistics Workers Memorial Day

Death on the Job: Workers Memorial Day Update

April 26, 2017 Jordan Barab

Workers Memorial Day is Friday. Events are being organized all over the world, and the AFL-CIO has just issued its…

AFL-CIO Ergonomics Short Stuff Workers Memorial Day

Short Stuff: News You Might Want To Know

April 26, 2017 Jordan Barab

♦ From Mitch to Donald, with Love: Looks like we may have a Secretary of Labor by Thursday. Senate Leader…

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Rana Plaza: Improvement for Garment Workers after Four Years?

April 24, 2017 Jordan Barab

Today marks four years since the catastrophic Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed over 1100 workers. And before…

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Weekly Toll: Death in the Workplace

April 24, 2017 Jordan Barab

Another week of workers being killed in the workplace by being crushed, dying in falls, killed in traffic accidents, shot,…

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OSHA Enforcement: OSHA Continues to Protect Employers from Hazardous Press Releases.

April 24, 2017 Jordan Barab

Twenty more companies succeeded over the past week in hiding federal OSHA enforcement actions from the withering public scrutiny that…

Workplace Illness

Radium Girls: Glowing and Dying

April 22, 2017 Jordan Barab

If you caught “Weekend Edition” on NPR this morning, you heard a fascinating, but tragic interview with Kate Moore about…

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