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Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Workplace Death

May 20, 2025 Dylan Chamberlin
Agriculture Congress Heat Walkaround

House OSHA Hearing: Rhetoric vs. Reality

May 19, 2025 Jordan Barab
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The Gift – and a Regifting Proposal

May 16, 2025 Kathleen Rest
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FLASH!!! OSHA Hearing Tomorrow

May 14, 2025 Jordan Barab
Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job

May 6, 2025 Dylan Chamberlin
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Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: They Shall Not Rise Again

April 22, 2025 Dylan Chamberlin

How Workers Died Last Week: Tanker explosion, highway work zone, electrocution, falling cargo, vehicle incident, shootings. On average, over 100…

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Celebrating the Life of a Working Mom

April 18, 2025 Kathleen Rest

99 years, and well more than half of it working. Born of hardworking immigrant stock, Ellie had aspirations. She wanted…

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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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Dispatches From The Front Lines of Workplace Safety & Health

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.

Public Employees Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Part 2

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,…

Weekly Toll

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,…

Child Labor

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…

DOGE Mine Safety MSHA Silica Trump

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…

NIOSH

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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