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MSHA OSHA Recordkeeping Silica

OSHA Enforcement Staff at Record Low: Inspector General

February 11, 2026 Jordan Barab
Weekly Toll

Workers Who Won’t Be Coming Home: The Weekly Toll

February 9, 2026 Aina Atienza
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Seriously, Mr. President — We Cannot Afford to Dismantle FEMA

February 6, 2026 Kathleen Rest
Health Care Workers Workplace Violence

NY Nurses Strike for Safety

February 5, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Weekly Toll

February 3, 2026 Aina Atienza
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Mine Safety Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Death on the Job

March 3, 2025 Dylan Chamberlin

How workers died last week. Trench collapse, crushed by industrial machinery, coal mine fall, electrocution, traffic accident, paint booth, shooting.…

Criminal Prosecution Trench Collapse

Workplace Carnage: Two More Killed in Maryland Trench Collapse

March 3, 2025 Jordan Barab

Two Maryland workers were crushed to death in a trench collapse in Catonsville on Friday morning. 24-year-old Emerson Amestica and…

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Scientists Study a New Risk Factor – Take a Guess

February 28, 2025 Kathleen Rest

A new risk factor? Wait, what exactly is a “risk factor? Good question. You don’t need to be an epidemiologist…

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Chavez-DeRemer Moves Forward. Sonderling Flails

February 27, 2025 Jordan Barab

Secretary of Labor nominee Lori Chavez-DeRemer was approved this morning by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee by…

Dispatches (Short Stuff) Short Stuff

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February 25, 2025 Jordan Barab

OSHA Cites Tesla OSHA has issued a citation against Tesla in Texas for violation of OSHA standard leading to the…

Public Employees Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Killed In The Line of Duty

February 24, 2025 Dylan Chamberlin

How workers died last week. Trench collapse, avalanche, crushed by a car lift, fall, fire, struck by a loose tire,…

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DOGE Descends on Public Health

February 24, 2025 Kathleen Rest

Breaking News! It’s official: The official Public Health Week may be in April, but Elon Musk has declared the month…

Department of Labor Trump

Chavez-De Remer: All Things to All People

February 20, 2025 Jordan Barab

I watched the confirmation hearing of Lori Chavez-DeRemer for Secretary of Labor so you wouldn’t have to. You can listen…

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Labor Secretary Confirmation Hearing Today

February 19, 2025 Jordan Barab

Tune in at 10:00 to see the confirmation hearing of former Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer for Secretary of Labor. You can…

Public Employees Trench Collapse

Mistakes Were Made. And Two City Workers are Dead

February 18, 2025 Jordan Barab

Enough with the current Trump-induced catastrophes engulfing the nation and its working people. Let’s go local and talk about an…

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