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Department of Labor

The DeMise of DeRemer?

March 4, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Workers Dying in the US: The Weekly Toll

March 2, 2026 Aina Atienza
Agriculture Confined Space Dispatches (Short Stuff) Enforcement Journalism Labor Unions Meatpacking & Poultry Workers

Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health

March 2, 2026 Jordan Barab
Labor OSHA

OSHA’s New Poster Leaves Some Things to be Required

February 27, 2026 Jordan Barab
Agriculture Confined Space Weekly Toll

Workplace Fatalities: The Weekly Toll

February 24, 2026 Aina Atienza
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OSHA’s New Poster Leaves Some Things to be Required
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Department of Labor
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Gratitude for Workers in My Life Today

April 17, 2025 Kathleen Rest

One of my daily morning rituals is to think of 3 things I’m grateful for. Waking up is always Number…

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April 16, 2025 Jordan Barab

What’s going on in the world of workplace safety and health? Read on. It’s not all bad news.

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April 15, 2025 Dylan Chamberlin

Part 2 of how workers died over the past two weeks: Forklift, trench collapse, grain bin, helicopter, severe weather, shootings,…

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Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job

April 15, 2025 Jordan Barab

How workers died over the past couple of weeks (Part 1): Forklift, skid steer and lawn mower incidents, fall, tornado,…

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God Oversees Child Labor in Florida

April 14, 2025 Jordan Barab

With immigrant workers being deported or driven into hiding, Florida businesses need more workers. Where to look? How about getting…

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Trump’s War Against “War on Coal” is a War on Coal Miners

April 11, 2025 Rena Steinzor and Jordan Barab

Remember the days when Donald Trump pledged to end the war on coal? True to form, during Trump I he…

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DOGE Attack on NIOSH Weakens Workers’ Bird Flu Protections

April 10, 2025 Peg Seminario

As is often the case with this country’s public health threats, workers are on the front lines. The National Institute…

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It’s National Public Health Week

April 9, 2025 Jordan Barab

By Kathleen Rest We could all use some good news, right? So how about this: Americans live an average of…

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Housekeeping

April 4, 2025 Jordan Barab

A few odds and ends that will help us go into battle together. NIOSH I want to publish more about…

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April is Still the Cruelest Month

April 4, 2025 Jordan Barab

Tomorrow is the 15th anniversary of the Upper Big Branch mine mine explosion that killed 29 miners. That was only…

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