Child Labor
Dipatches (Short Stuff)
Fires and Firefighting
Immigrants
Meatpacking & Poultry Workers
Short Stuff
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Occupational Safety and Health
Firefighting Causes Cancer Mindy Isser in Jacobin describes how toxic chemicals and materials released during fires result in firefighters being…
Weekly Toll: Killed at Work
Welcome Dylan Chamberlain, a labor studies major at Columbia University, who has graciously volunteered to take over writing The Weekly…
Congress Returns. Stay Tuned
For those of you terrified about what’s happening in the White House, the United States Congress will provide little comfort.…
Weekly Toll: Death on the Job
How workers died last week. Crushed by machinery, forklift, vehicle incidents, stabbing and shootings. On average, over 100 workers are…
In Memoriam: The Contributions They Made
One of the joys of being involved in workplace safety issues at my age is seeing so many young, enthusiastic…
Weekly Toll: Workplace Deaths
How workers died last week. Carbon monoxide, train collision, falls, logging, suffocation, coal mine, construction equipment, vehicle incidents, stabbing and…
Labor Department Acts to Protect Miners’ Black Lung Compensation
The excellent Confined Space 2024 year-end summary missed one important accomplishment of the Biden administration: In December 2024, the DOL’s…
Weekly Toll: Death in the New Year
How workers died last week. Trench collapse, falls, skid loader, machinery, firefighting, vehicle incidents, shootings and stabbing. On average, over…
Hopes, Dreams, and Resolutions for 2025
Tempus Fugit! Yes, I had to take 4 years of Latin in high school. Little did I know how fast…
2024 Elections
Deconstructing the Administrative State
Heat
Journalism
MSHA
OSHA
Regulatory Process
Silica
Walkaround
Year in Review
2024 Confined Space Year in Review
As 2024 thankfully disappears into the sunset, now we can all look forward, with great confidence to….2029? The one definite…