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Heat

OSHA Weakens Heat Emphasis Program While Virginia Commits to a Standard

April 16, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Republicans Work to Gut Toxic Chemicals Law: Bad for People, Worse for Workers

April 16, 2026 Rena Steinzor
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No Rest for the Workers: The Weekly Toll

April 14, 2026 Aina Atienza
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No Moon Voyage Without a Timecard

April 8, 2026 Kathleen Rest
Budget Chemical Safety Board Enforcement NIOSH

Trump to Workers: Drop Dead. And Do It Faster

April 8, 2026 Jordan Barab
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OSHA Weakens Heat Emphasis Program While Virginia Commits to a Standard
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OSHA Weakens Heat Emphasis Program While Virginia Commits to a Standard
Republicans Work to Gut Toxic Chemicals Law:  Bad for People, Worse for Workers
Chemical Standards Environmental Protection Agency
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No Rest for the Workers: The Weekly Toll
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Job Postings

Job Postings

December 7, 2018 Jordan Barab

Introducing a new occasional service of Confined Space: job announcements for health and safety or labor activists. We’re just getting…

Congress OSHA

Mugno or not to Mugno: The Senate Must Decide

December 6, 2018 Jordan Barab

As the sun sets on the 115th Congress and the mid-point of this term of the Trump administration, the sun…

Chemical Plant Safety

Bhopal

December 3, 2018 Jordan Barab

“Bhopal” For health and safety activists and public health people, that word sends shivers up our spines. Thinking of the…

Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Three Weeks of Death on the Job

December 3, 2018 Jordan Barab

Excuse the length of this depressing exercise, but I’ve been away for a couple of weeks and unlike me, workplace…

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

November 28, 2018 Jordan Barab

Your job or you unborn child. Your job or your bladder. Your job or your life. These are the choices…

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Kentucky OSHA: NPR Story On State’s Failure to Enforce

November 27, 2018 Jordan Barab

Listen here to an NPR investigative story on serious investigation and enforcement problems at Kentucky OSHA. I wrote about this…

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This Day in History: Farmington Mine Explosion Kills 78 Miners

November 20, 2018 Jordan Barab

On November 20, 1968, 40 50 years ago today, 78 miners died in an explosion at the Consol No. 9…

Congress MSHA OSHA

New Congress: New Opportunities

November 19, 2018 Jordan Barab

What changes for workplace safety can workers expect from the new Democratically controlled Congress next year? I give my best…

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November 15, 2018 Jordan Barab

OSHA: The Incredible Shrinking Agency: The number of OSHA inspectors has hit an all-time low according to data compiled by…

Journalism State Plan States

Are Kentucky — And Other OSHA State Plans — Failing Their Workers?

November 13, 2018 Jordan Barab

OSHA State Plans: love ’em or hate ’em, but we have to live with them. The Kentucky Center for Investigative…

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