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MSHA OSHA Recordkeeping Silica

OSHA Enforcement Staff at Record Low: Inspector General

February 11, 2026 Jordan Barab
Weekly Toll

Workers Who Won’t Be Coming Home: The Weekly Toll

February 9, 2026 Aina Atienza
Climate Change

Seriously, Mr. President — We Cannot Afford to Dismantle FEMA

February 6, 2026 Kathleen Rest
Health Care Workers Workplace Violence

NY Nurses Strike for Safety

February 5, 2026 Jordan Barab
Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll

February 3, 2026 Aina Atienza
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Climate Change
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NY Nurses Strike for Safety
Health Care Workers Workplace Violence
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Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
Deconstructing the Administrative State OSHA
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COVID-19 Health Care Workers OSHA
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OSHA Enforcement Staff at Record Low: Inspector General
MSHA OSHA Recordkeeping Silica
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Workers Who Won’t Be Coming Home: The Weekly Toll
Weekly Toll
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Seriously, Mr. President — We Cannot Afford to Dismantle FEMA
Climate Change
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NY Nurses Strike for Safety
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Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Killed at Work

April 10, 2023 Jordan Barab

Last week, two workers killed in a trench collapse, 19 year old killed in tree trimming incident, others killed in…

Books

Book Review: Flying Blind — Corporate Greed, Captured Regulators and 346 Deaths

April 7, 2023 Jordan Barab

Corporate greed kills. Mostly one at a time. But in some cases, hundreds. Specifically, in this case, 346 souls. Flying…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job

April 3, 2023 Jordan Barab

Last week: Workers crushed by trees and stone slab, killed by mass shooter, hit by cars, killed by forklift, electrocuted…

Chemical Safety Board OSHA Uncategorized

13 Dead in a Week of Workplace Catastrophes

March 27, 2023 Jordan Barab

Thirteen workers were killed in two workplace catastrophes last week. Six workers were killed in a highway work zone near…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: A Week of Deadly Catastrophes

March 27, 2023 Jordan Barab

Last week witnessed two workplace catastrophes: 6 workers were killed in a highway construction zone in Maryland and 7 were…

This Day In History

Triangle Shirtwaist: 112th Anniversary

March 25, 2023 Jordan Barab

Today is the 112th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire that killed 146 people, including 123 women, who burned…

Child Labor Journalism Wage and Hour Division

Child Labor: When Great Journalism Meets Bad Policy

March 24, 2023 Jordan Barab

Sometimes it takes good journalism or a bad disaster — or both — to encourage interest or activity or change…

Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: The Final Shift

March 20, 2023 Jordan Barab

Last week: Workers run over by vehicles, drowned, killed in falls, crushed by trees and equipment and shot. On average,…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Death on the Job

March 13, 2023 Jordan Barab

Last week: Workers killed fighting fires, falling off buildings, crushed under pallets and walls, hit by a train, mauled by…

Budget MSHA NIOSH OSHA

Biden’s FY 2024 Workplace Safety and Health Budget

March 10, 2023 Jordan Barab

“Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget — and I’ll tell you what you value.” — Joe…

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