16-Year Old’s Death was NOT a “Freak Accident”
16-year old Michael Schuls did NOT die in a “freak accident” in a sawmill on June 29. The cause of…
Deadly Injustice: Public Employees as Second Class Citizens
This is a tale of two systems: One where employees are protected by a law requiring them to be provided…
The Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
How American workers died last week: Trench Collapse, confined space suffocation, heat, forklift, machinery, vehicle incidents and shootings. On average,…
OSHA Proposes New Walkaround Regulation
OSHA has finally issued its official proposal to update how workers can choose their walk-around representatives. Choosing someone to walk…
Weekly Toll: Dead on the Job
How workers died last week. Heat, electrocutions, crane collapse, explosion, tree trimming, machinery and vehicle incidents and on and on…
Cease-Fire in War Between OSHA and Dollar Tree
OSHA has reached an agreement with one of the country’s leading health and safety violators. For the second time in…
Good News: OSHA Can Still Issue Safety Standards
A couple of months ago, I wrote a piece about how industry associations are getting tired of suing OSHA to…
Workplace Violence: Protecting Retail Workers
Late on the night of June 2, 23-year-old Tava Woodard was killed in a robbery at the Roadrunner convenience store…
Weekly Toll: The Final Shift
How workers died last week. Backed over, falls, electrocution, shootings, machinery incidents, vehicle incidents and on and on and on.…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
How workers died over the past few weeks: I was on vacation for a couple of weeks, so this is…