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Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: How Workers Die

January 19, 2026 Aina Atienza
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Is Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer Not Long for this (Political) World?

January 19, 2026 Jordan Barab
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The Changing Landscape of Minimum Wage Across America in 2025 – and What It Means for Workers and Their Families

January 16, 2026 Kathleen Rest
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025

January 15, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Trump Administration Retreats on NIOSH Destruction

January 14, 2026 Jordan Barab
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In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025
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Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
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Is Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer Not Long for this (Political) World?
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Is Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer Not Long for this (Political) World?
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Labor
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In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025
In Memoriam
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Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job

July 22, 2024 Jordan Barab

How Workers Died Last Week: electrocutions, heat, lawn mowers, forklift, farming, shootings, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are…

Heat Public Employees Weekly Toll

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July 15, 2024 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week: Heat, electrocution, drownings, shootings, wood chipper, bee attack, firefighting, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100…

Do It Yourself Fall Prevention OSHA

Right Outside Our Kitchen Window

July 11, 2024 Jordan Barab

Nothing is easy. They’re rebuilding the house next door — right outside our kitchen window. Last week they had guys…

Regulatory Process

Fate of Spring Regulatory Agenda is Riden’ With Biden

July 10, 2024 Jordan Barab

The federal Spring Regulatory Agenda was released a few days ago, but the fate of future OSHA standards is linked…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job

July 8, 2024 Jordan Barab

How Workers Died over the past few weeks: Crushed, electrocuted, shot, suicide, explosion, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers…

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BP Rides – and Fails –Again

July 3, 2024 Rena Steinzor

Our purpose is reimagining energy for people and our planet. We want to help the world reach net zero and…

Deconstructing the Administrative State Heat

OSHA Issues Proposed Heat Standard

July 2, 2024 Jordan Barab

OSHA announced today the issuance of a draft Heat Protection standard that will protect 36 million workers from the deadly…

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Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job

July 1, 2024 Jordan Barab

How Workers Died over the past few weeks: Heat, drowning, workplace violence, electrocution, shootings, falls, explosions, building collapse, vehicle incidents.…

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Bad Week for Worker Safety: Chevron Deference and Budgets

June 28, 2024 Jordan Barab

Not a good week. And I’m not even talking about last night’s debate. What’s been happening that you really don’t…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job

June 24, 2024 Jordan Barab

I’ve been traveling for a few weeks, so this and next week’s list will be a bit longer than usual.…

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