Is Workplace Safety Optional?
Everyone seems to have an opinion about OSHA these days — even those who barely knew the agency existed before…
Weekly Toll: Punching Out for the Last Time
I’ve been away, so this week’s list of workers killed on the job is longer than usual. On average, almost…
Job Postings: Do Good, Save Lives (and afford to eat)
Lots of good union jobs out there. Workers need you! OSHA is hiring. Uncle Sam Wants YOU! You can check…
Another Public Employee Killed. But “Nothing to Report”
Last September, 55 year old Bobby Green was crushed to death when a 20 foot deep unprotected trench collapsed on…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work.…
Why Cops are Dying
It’s not easy — or safe — being a police officer in this country. Along with addressing serious issues related…
Telework and Resilience: What’s the Missing Element?
The COVID-19 pandemic has radically altered the way we work, and the way work is organized. Mandatory and voluntary lockdowns…
Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
This week: Explosions, falls, forklift, shootings, machines, vehicle-related incidents. Lots of ways for workers to die on the job. On…
Ammonium Nitrate
Chemical Plant Safety
Chemical Safety Board
Environmental Protection Agency
Process Safety Management
West Fertilizer Explosion
Fertilizer Plant Fire Raises Memories of Tragedy and Regulatory Failures
The Winston-Salem fertilizer plant fire raises difficult questions on our failure to issue adequate regulatory protections for workers and communities…
Dispatches From The Front Lines of Workplace Safety: Short Stuff
Texas, Florida Oppose The Free Market: You know all that crap about the “free market” and job-killing regulations impeding the…