Weekly Toll: How Workers Die in the United States
How workers died last week. Ground up in a wood chipper, killed on the tracks, crushed by garage door, traffic…
When Are Public Employee Memorials a Hollow Gesture?
Why do I often roll my eyes and shake my head when I read about a city or county or…
Weekly Toll: End of Watch
Yet another trench collapse, preventable falls, oilfield explosion and workers killed unjamming machinery. Two weeks of workplace death. On average,…
Workers tell OSHA: We want actions, not words
On September 27-29, OSHA hosted a Workers Voice Summit, an event “where workers, organizations and worker advocates come together to…
Short Stuff: Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety
Little Fires Everywhere…at Amazon Neither rain, no sleet, nor snow stops the US mail. Apparently for Amazon, that also includes…
OSHA COVID-19 Standard Approaches as CDC and Republicans Complicate Matters
OSHA rulemaking is never easy. Even for an infectious disease that continues to kill over 400 Americans every day. OSHA…
Weekly Toll: Death at Work
Silo suffocation, refinery fire, highway construction, wildfire, electrocution — all the ways that workers died last week. n average, almost…
Why Can’t the City Enforce Contractor Safety Standards?
Welcome to another chapter of Do-It-Yourself-Neighborhood-Health-and-Safety-Inspector. As many of you know, while walking to dogs, I’m constantly running across unprotected…
Three Workers Dead in Grain Silo, Including a Child. OSHA Can Do Nothing
In what may be the largest mass casualty workplace event this year, three workers were killed after being trapped in…
OSHA Reschedules Chemical Plant Safety Stakeholder Meeting
For those of you interested in commenting on OSHA’s update of its aging process safety management standard, the agency has…