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Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: How Workers Died

October 28, 2025 Jordan Barab
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Workplace Heat: The Hidden Toll of Injuries

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Weekly Toll: Killed At Work

October 20, 2025 Jordan Barab
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Weekly Toll: How Workers Died Last Week

October 13, 2025 Jordan Barab
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OSHA & MSHA Get Leaders: A Good Thing?

October 9, 2025 Jordan Barab
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House to Vote Today on Imposing Rail Agreement: Make Calls

November 30, 2022 Jordan Barab

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced last night that the House would vote today on whether to impose the Tentative Agreement…

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Rail Strike: Which Side Are You On?

November 29, 2022 Jordan Barab

When last we discussed employer greed labor problems in the rail industry, President Joe “the most labor-friendly President in American…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Missing from the Thanksgiving Table

November 28, 2022 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week. Falls, shootings, forklifts, snow removal, hit-and-runs ….. On average, almost 100 workers are killed every…

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Happy Thanksgiving

November 24, 2022 Jordan Barab

We at Confined Space World Headquarters wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving! There is much to be thankful for in…

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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health

November 22, 2022 Jordan Barab

Animal Agriculture is Dangerous Animal agriculture Is dangerous work and the people who do it have few protections, according to…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Died at Work

November 21, 2022 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week. Electrocutions, tow trucks, railroad, crushed by materials, gas leaks, shootings, vehicles ….. On average, almost…

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The Last Hearing: Labor Committee Hearing Discusses Warehouse Worker Hazards

November 17, 2022 Jordan Barab

The House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing today on the hazards facing warehouse workers: “Unsafe and Untenable: Examining…

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Child Labor in the Most Dangerous Workplaces

November 16, 2022 Jordan Barab

School-age children working all night — and getting injured — in some of the most hazardous workplaces in the country.…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Losses In The Holiday Season

November 14, 2022 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week. Electrocutions, tow trucks, railroad, falls, coal pile collapse, traffic, shootings….. On average, almost 100 workers…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job

November 7, 2022 Jordan Barab

How workers died last week. Yet another trench collapse, rail explosion, frozen to death, fall off an overpass, traffic, shooting…..…

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