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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety

July 15, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Occupational Fatalities: The Weekly Toll

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July 9, 2026 Rena Steinzor
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April 29, 2026 Aina Atienza

How workers died last week: electrocutions, tunnel collapse, explosion, falling, rollovers, brush fire, grain-bin, crushed by construction lift, vehicular collisions,…

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Remembering Our Nation’s Fallen Workers

April 28, 2026 Kathleen Rest

More than 50 years ago, Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act to ensure that all working men and…

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The sad decline in Cal/OSHA’s worker protection

April 21, 2026 Garrett Brown

Of the 21 states (and Puerto Rico) who run their own OSHA programs, CalOSHA is often held up as the…

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OSHA Weakens Heat Emphasis Program While Virginia Commits to a Standard

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It’s that time of year and it’s starting to get hot out there. Lacking any noticeable progress on an enforceable…

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Republicans Work to Gut Toxic Chemicals Law: Bad for People, Worse for Workers

April 16, 2026 Rena Steinzor

Tracking the activities of President Trump and his people makes me feel like I am standing in the path of…

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No Rest for the Workers: The Weekly Toll

April 14, 2026 Aina Atienza

How workers died last week: trench collapse, parking lot collapse, crushed by a forklift, tanker truck explosion, pinned under pipes,…

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No Moon Voyage Without a Timecard

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April 1 Special Report: A Nation Without Workers

April 1, 2026 Kathleen Rest

This morning, the United States conducted a bold experiment nobody authorized and everyone immediately regretted. It attempted to function without…

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