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This Day In History

Remembering the Heroes and Losses of 9/11

September 11, 2025 Kathleen Rest
Congressional Review Act Regulatory Process

Appeals Court Opens the Way—Someday—to OSHA Regulation of Ergonomics

September 9, 2025 Rena Steinzor
Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home From Work

September 8, 2025 Jordan Barab
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City Decides to Protect Public Employees. Where’s the Rest of the State?

September 5, 2025 Jordan Barab
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DOL Issues Spring 2025 Regulatory Agenda

September 4, 2025 Jordan Barab
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Remembering the Heroes and Losses of 9/11
Appeals Court Opens the Way—Someday—to OSHA Regulation of Ergonomics
Congressional Review Act Regulatory Process
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Weekly Toll
Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home From Work
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Public Employees
City Decides to Protect Public Employees. Where’s the Rest of the State?
Freak Accident Journalism

Freak Accidents? How to Tell

September 24, 2018 Jordan Barab

Some people — especially journalists — sometimes falsely label workplace fatalities as “freak accidents” even when they’ve happened before and…

OSHA

Scott Mugno: Rising from the Dead?

September 24, 2018 Jordan Barab

While Rod Rosenstein and Brett Kavanaugh may be on their way out, OSHA nominee Scott Mugno and other Department of…

Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week: Road Construction, Silver Spring Maryland

September 23, 2018 Jordan Barab

Standing in the middle of traffic with impatient drivers. Not what I want to be doing.

Agriculture Construction Criminal Prosecution Environmental Protection Agency Heat Short Stuff Workplace Violence

Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety: Short Stuff

September 20, 2018 Jordan Barab

“They Treat Us Like Mules”: “They will break you down and then throw you away.” That’s what construction worker Ernesto…

Brett Kavanaugh OSHA

Kavanaugh: Is There Honor in Getting Your Fingers Bitten Off?

September 18, 2018 Jordan Barab

When Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh comes back before the Senate next week to respond to allegations of attempted rape,…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Employees Killed at Work

September 17, 2018 Jordan Barab

CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT KILLS WORKER AT SELMON EXTENSION TAMPA, FL – A Land o’ Lakes man died Saturday (Sept. 15) while…

Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week: Construction, New York

September 16, 2018 Jordan Barab
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OSHA Update: Good Budget News from Congress and Mugno Still Missing

September 14, 2018 Jordan Barab

Good Budget News for OSHA Last June we reported some good budget news for OSHA from the Senate, and now…

Brett Kavanaugh Deconstructing the Administrative State Hurricane Harvey OSHA

There He Goes Again: Kavanaugh Still Doesn’t Get It

September 14, 2018 Jordan Barab

Good news! Good News! Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh thinks it’s perfectly reasonable for American workers to expect to come…

This Day In History

This Day In History: Pakistan Garment Fires Kill 289 Workers

September 11, 2018 Jordan Barab

September 11 is a date with deep meaning in the United States — but also in other parts of the…

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