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Department of Labor

The DeMise of DeRemer?

March 4, 2026 Jordan Barab
Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

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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The DeMise of DeRemer?
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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
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OSHA’s New Poster Leaves Some Things to be Required
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Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
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The DeMise of DeRemer?
Department of Labor
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Workers Dying in the US: The Weekly Toll
Trench Collapse Weekly Toll
Workers Dying in the US: The Weekly Toll
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
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OSHA’s New Poster Leaves Some Things to be Required
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OSHA’s New Poster Leaves Some Things to be Required
Books

2024 Holiday Book List

November 26, 2024 Jordan Barab

Come on and sing along: “It’s the most terrible time of our history…..” Or maybe this: “Bad King Donald Trump…

Bureau of Labor Statistics Meatpacking & Poultry Workers

Poultry Industry Injury Numbers Need a Closer Look

November 26, 2024 Jordan Barab

Cover photo by Earl Dotter. The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently published its annual workplace injury and illness report for…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Death on the Job

November 25, 2024 Jordan Barab

How workers die. Forklift, machinery, falls, tree trimming, electrocution, drowning, explosion, stabbing, shootings, firefighting, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100…

Public Employees

Public Employees: Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough

November 22, 2024 Jordan Barab

Eric Weems, 52, a lineman working for the city of Griffin, Georgia, was killed on Nov. 13 in some kind…

2024 Elections Deconstructing the Administrative State Trump

Trump 2.0: Something Wicked This Way Comes

November 19, 2024 Jordan Barab

It’s time to turn off the endless World Series clips, crawl out from under the bed, collect the newspapers moldering…

Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Killed at Work

November 18, 2024 Jordan Barab

How workers die. Forklift incidents, falls, drowning, train derailment, shooting, firefighting, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are killed…

Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll

November 11, 2024 Jordan Barab

On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: How Workers Die

November 4, 2024 Jordan Barab

On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…

2024 Elections

The Confined Space Endorsement: Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

November 4, 2024 Jordan Barab

As we approach the most important election of our lifetime (yes, this time it really is), the Editorial Board of…

2024 Elections Gig Workers

Massachusetts Decides if Uber & Lyft Drivers Have Rights

November 1, 2024 Kathleen Rest

Have you taken an Uber or a Lyft lately? What do you know about these two app-based ride-sharing giants and…

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