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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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Weekly Toll: How Workers Die
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The Changing Landscape of Minimum Wage Across America in 2025 – and What It Means for Workers and Their Families
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In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025
Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
Deconstructing the Administrative State OSHA
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OSHA Pulls Protections As Healthcare Worker Deaths Rise
Weekly Toll: How Workers Die
Public Employees Weekly Toll
Weekly Toll: How Workers Die
Is Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer Not Long for this (Political) World?
Uncategorized
Is Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer Not Long for this (Political) World?
The Changing Landscape of Minimum Wage Across America in 2025 – and What It Means for Workers and Their Families
Labor
The Changing Landscape of Minimum Wage Across America in 2025 – and What It Means for Workers and Their Families
In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025
In Memoriam
In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025
Enforcement Fall Prevention

OSHA Cites Before Worker Is Killed

September 20, 2023 Jordan Barab

Just a short follow-up to yesterday’s post about the death of an 18-year-old who fell from a roof because his…

Enforcement Fall Prevention

18-Year-Old Killed in Fall: Why We Need OSHA, Part 843,053,495

September 19, 2023 Jordan Barab

All workplace deaths are tragedies and the vast majority are 100% preventable if OSHA standards are complied with. In other…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home From Work

September 18, 2023 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week: Electrocution, falls, machinery, vehicle incidents, tree care, drowning and shootings. On average, over 100 workers…

Heat Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Death on the Job

September 11, 2023 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week: Electrocution, heat, falls, fire, logging, vehicle incidents and shootings. On average, over 100 workers are…

Child Labor Freak Accident

16-Year Old’s Death was NOT a “Freak Accident”

September 11, 2023 Jordan Barab

16-year old Michael Schuls did NOT die in a “freak accident” in a sawmill on June 29. The cause of…

Public Employees Trench Collapse

Deadly Injustice: Public Employees as Second Class Citizens

September 6, 2023 Jordan Barab

This is a tale of two systems: One where employees are protected by a law requiring them to be provided…

Heat Mine Safety Public Employees Weekly Toll

The Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job

September 4, 2023 Jordan Barab

How American workers died last week: Trench Collapse, confined space suffocation, heat, forklift, machinery, vehicle incidents and shootings. On average,…

Enforcement OSHA Walkaround

OSHA Proposes New Walkaround Regulation

August 29, 2023 Jordan Barab

OSHA has finally issued its official proposal to update how workers can choose their walk-around representatives. Choosing someone to walk…

Heat Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Dead on the Job

August 28, 2023 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week. Heat, electrocutions, crane collapse, explosion, tree trimming, machinery and vehicle incidents and on and on…

Enforcement OSHA

Cease-Fire in War Between OSHA and Dollar Tree

August 24, 2023 Jordan Barab

OSHA has reached an agreement with one of the country’s leading health and safety violators. For the second time in…

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