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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
Public Employees Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Fatal Workplaces: The Weekly Toll

March 17, 2026 Aina Atienza
Occupational Disease Workplace Illness

Small but Mighty: How One Organization Has Championed Worker Health for Nearly Four Decades

March 13, 2026 Kathleen Rest
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Congress David Michaels Silica
Republicans Try to Impose Death Sentence on Silica Countertop Workers
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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
Republicans Try to Impose Death Sentence on Silica Countertop Workers
Congress David Michaels Silica
Republicans Try to Impose Death Sentence on Silica Countertop Workers
Fatal Workplaces: The Weekly Toll
Public Employees Trench Collapse Weekly Toll
Fatal Workplaces: The Weekly Toll
Congressional Review Act Regulations and Standards Regulatory Process

Beyond Disappointing: OSHA’s Spring 2023 Regulatory Agenda

June 16, 2023 Jordan Barab

As many of you who closely follow the headlines know, the biggest news this week was not that Donald Trump…

Child Labor

Child Labor: 16 Year Old Killed At Landfill

June 13, 2023 Jordan Barab

Some jobs teach kids good work habits and skills. Some jobs kill them. Last Thursday morning, two weeks into summer…

Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job

June 12, 2023 Jordan Barab

Last week, workers were crushed in machines, and killed in falls, shootings, vehicular incidents and tree trimming. And a 16-year…

Election 2024

OSHA: Ron DeSantis’s “Regulatory Leviathan”

June 7, 2023 Jordan Barab

0SHA is every Republican’s favorite punching bag. Including Florida Governor and Presidential aspirant Ron DeSantis. In the 1980’s, Vermont Senator…

Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: The Last Shift

June 5, 2023 Jordan Barab

Last week, workers were electrocuted, shot, and killed in explosions, falls, logging and vehicle incidents On average, over 100 workers…

Trench Collapse

City Turns Contractor into OSHA for Trench Hazards

June 5, 2023 Jordan Barab

Last Fall, I wrote about the failure of my city’s public works department to enforce safe working conditions for the…

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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety & Health

June 1, 2023 Jordan Barab

Bring OSHA into the 21st Century The Occupational Safety and Health Act just had its 52nd birthday. OSHA was born…

Budget Congress OSHA

What the Debt Ceiling Agreement Means for Workplace Safety

May 30, 2023 Jordan Barab

So, assuming radical Republicans don’t sabotage the agreement that their fearless leader, Speaker Kevin McCarthy, reached with President Biden, we…

Mine Safety Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Killed at Work

May 29, 2023 Jordan Barab

Last week workers were killed in explosions, fires, lightning, falls, building collapses, forklift incidents, shootings and vehicle incidents. On average,…

Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home

May 22, 2023 Jordan Barab

Last Week workers were killed in fires, falls, shootings, machinery incidents, logging, vehicle incidents and assaults. On average, over 100…

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