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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
Climate Change

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
Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll

February 3, 2026 Aina Atienza
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Seriously, Mr. President — We Cannot Afford to Dismantle FEMA
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NY Nurses Strike for Safety
Health Care Workers Workplace Violence
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Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
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Workers Who Won’t Be Coming Home: The Weekly Toll
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Seriously, Mr. President — We Cannot Afford to Dismantle FEMA
Climate Change
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NY Nurses Strike for Safety
Health Care Workers Workplace Violence
NY Nurses Strike for Safety
Public Employees Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Clocking Out of the Last Shift

February 12, 2024 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week: Two trench collapses, electrocution, wood chipper, falls, shootings, stabbing, vehicle incidents, suicide. On average, over…

This Day In History Workplace Catastrophes

53 Years Ago: Thiokol Explosion kills 29 Workers

February 9, 2024 Jordan Barab

Earlier this week, February 3, marked the 53rd anniversary of the Thiokol explosion. Coming just a month after passage of…

Do It Yourself Trench Collapse

Neighborhood Trenches: It Never Ends….

February 8, 2024 Jordan Barab

This morning. A few blocks from my house. He wasn’t very appreciative of my efforts to save his life. For…

Child Labor

Can Child Labor Rescue America From Labor Shortages? An Update

February 7, 2024 Jordan Barab

I have (unfortunately) written often about the growing scourge of child labor — especially in dangerous food processing industry —…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Devastated Families, Friends and Co-workers

February 5, 2024 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week: Five workers killed in separate building collapses, workers crushed to death, falls, vehicle incidents, shootings,…

State Plan States

Whither Cal/OSHA? Ground-breaking Standards, but No One to Enforce Them

February 1, 2024 Guest Guest

by Guest Contributor Garrett Brown Cal/OSHA is yet again looking for a new Chief – the third time in five…

Agriculture Child Labor Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Killed at Work

January 29, 2024 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week: Two workers, including a teenager dies on farms, vehicle incidents, drowning, firefighting, stabbing, helicopter crash.…

Deconstructing the Administrative State Supreme Court

Will Getting Rid of Chevron Deference Cure Congressional Dysfunction?

January 23, 2024 Jordan Barab

I may not be a constitutional scholar (although I did get a perfect score on my 8th grade Constitution test),…

Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Death in the Workplace

January 22, 2024 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week: Covered in molten steel, pinned between doors, hot air balloon crash, ski lift accident, chemical…

Agriculture Dispatches (Short Stuff) Heat International Journalism MSHA Penalties Short Stuff Silica Workplace Violence

Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health

January 18, 2024 Rena Steinzor and Jordan Barab

Violent Assaults Against Workers Continue While OSHA continues to sloooowly make progress on its standard to protect healthcare workers against…

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