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April 1 Special Report: A Nation Without Workers

April 1, 2026 Kathleen Rest
Public Employees Weekly Toll

No Accidents, Only Oversights: The Weekly Toll

March 31, 2026 Aina Atienza
Enforcement OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP)

OSHA CARES: About the Boss

March 27, 2026 Jordan Barab
Fires and Firefighting Public Employees Weekly Toll

Death in the Workplace: The Weekly Toll

March 24, 2026 Aina Atienza
Congress David Michaels Silica

Republicans Try to Impose Death Sentence on Silica Countertop Workers

March 23, 2026 Jordan Barab
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April 1 Special Report: A Nation Without Workers
Labor
April 1 Special Report: A Nation Without Workers
No Accidents, Only Oversights: The Weekly Toll
Public Employees Weekly Toll
No Accidents, Only Oversights: The Weekly Toll
OSHA CARES: About the Boss
Enforcement OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP)
OSHA CARES: About the Boss
Death in the Workplace: The Weekly Toll
Fires and Firefighting Public Employees Weekly Toll
Death in the Workplace: The Weekly Toll
Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
Deconstructing the Administrative State OSHA
Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
Supreme Court’s Disastrous OSHA Decision: What Others Are Saying
COVID-19 Supreme Court
Supreme Court’s Disastrous OSHA Decision: What Others Are Saying
Brett Kavanaugh OSHA
Kavanaugh: Threat to Workers and to OSHA
OSHA Pulls Protections As Healthcare Worker Deaths Rise
COVID-19 Health Care Workers OSHA
OSHA Pulls Protections As Healthcare Worker Deaths Rise
April 1 Special Report: A Nation Without Workers
Labor
April 1 Special Report: A Nation Without Workers
No Accidents, Only Oversights: The Weekly Toll
Public Employees Weekly Toll
No Accidents, Only Oversights: The Weekly Toll
OSHA CARES: About the Boss
Enforcement OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP)
OSHA CARES: About the Boss
Death in the Workplace: The Weekly Toll
Fires and Firefighting Public Employees Weekly Toll
Death in the Workplace: The Weekly Toll
Workplace Illness

Employers Who Help Workers Help Themselves

April 12, 2024 Kathleen Rest

Just a short note at the end of the week to remind everyone that in life — as well as…

Weekly Toll Workplace Violence

Weekly Toll: Death on the Job

April 8, 2024 Jordan Barab

Two highway construction workers, a flagger and a tow truck driver killed, three tree cutting deaths, teen killed on hog…

Heat

It’s Getting Hotter: The Climate, Heat Protections and Politics

April 4, 2024 Jordan Barab

It’s getting hot out there. The planet experienced its hottest year on record in 2023, and temperatures are expected to…

Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Death on the Job

April 1, 2024 Jordan Barab

How Workers Died Last Week: Bridge collapse, crushed by granite, chemical and pipe explosions, tree trimming, fire, electrocution, vehicle incidents,…

OSHA Regulations and Standards Walkaround

Breaking: OSHA Issues Worker Walkaround Rule

March 29, 2024 Jordan Barab

OSHA finally issued its long-awaited worker walkaround rule this morning. Issuance of this regulation is one of the most important…

Workplace Catastrophes

Baltimore Bridge Collapses With Workers On Top

March 26, 2024 Jordan Barab

Watching Baltimore’s Frances Scott Key Bridge collapse into the Patapsco river after a ship hit a bridge support is at…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Crushed, Fell, Drowned, Stabbed, Shot Entangled in Machinery,

March 25, 2024 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week: Machinery, drowning, crushed, stabbing, shooting, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are killed every…

Budget MSHA NIOSH OSHA Wage and Hour Division

OSHA Has a Flat (Budget)! Almost

March 21, 2024 Jordan Barab

We’re almost halfway through Fiscal Year 2024 we’re finally seeing what OSHA and the rest of the Department of Labor’s…

Asbestos Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Bans Asbestos: Long Overdue, But More Work to be Done

March 20, 2024 Jordan Barab

I am often critical of OSHA’s failure to move forward on life-saving standards. But the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is…

Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Death on the Job

March 18, 2024 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week: Machinery, drowning, two forklift fatalities, shootings, vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are killed…

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