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Public Employees Weekly Toll

Deadly 9-to-5: The Weekly Toll

October 13, 2026 Aina Atienza
Construction

Carnage in Highway Work Zones

October 7, 2026 Jordan Barab
Heat Weekly Toll

No Quiet on the Workers’ Front: The Weekly Toll

October 5, 2026 Aina Atienza
Weekly Toll

Workplace Tragedies: The Weekly Toll

September 29, 2026 Aina Atienza
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NRC Wants to Bulldoze Workplace Radiation Protections

September 28, 2026 Richard Miller
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Workplace Tragedies: The Weekly Toll
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Workers Memorial Day

Remembering Our Nation’s Fallen Workers

April 28, 2026 Kathleen Rest

More than 50 years ago, Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act to ensure that all working men and…

State Plan States

The sad decline in Cal/OSHA’s worker protection

April 21, 2026 Garrett Brown

Of the 21 states (and Puerto Rico) who run their own OSHA programs, CalOSHA is often held up as the…

Heat

OSHA Weakens Heat Emphasis Program While Virginia Commits to a Standard

April 16, 2026 Jordan Barab

It’s that time of year and it’s starting to get hot out there. Lacking any noticeable progress on an enforceable…

Chemical Standards Environmental Protection Agency

Republicans Work to Gut Toxic Chemicals Law: Bad for People, Worse for Workers

April 16, 2026 Rena Steinzor

Tracking the activities of President Trump and his people makes me feel like I am standing in the path of…

Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

No Rest for the Workers: The Weekly Toll

April 14, 2026 Aina Atienza

How workers died last week: trench collapse, parking lot collapse, crushed by a forklift, tanker truck explosion, pinned under pipes,…

Labor

No Moon Voyage Without a Timecard

April 8, 2026 Kathleen Rest

Before one small step for man, there are millions of very ordinary steps—clocking in. The safe and successful launch of…

Budget Chemical Safety Board Enforcement NIOSH

Trump to Workers: Drop Dead. And Do It Faster

April 8, 2026 Jordan Barab

Welcome to Groundhog Day 2027. Last year, Donald Trump, that shell of a man living in the soon-to-be half demolished…

Mine Safety Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Fooling Around with Workers’ Lives: The Weekly Toll

April 7, 2026 Aina Atienza

How workers died last week: trench collapse, electrocutions, coal mining, falls, tree care, crane collapse, vehicular collisions, stabbed, ruptured hot…

Labor

April 1 Special Report: A Nation Without Workers

April 1, 2026 Kathleen Rest

This morning, the United States conducted a bold experiment nobody authorized and everyone immediately regretted. It attempted to function without…

Public Employees Weekly Toll

No Accidents, Only Oversights: The Weekly Toll

March 31, 2026 Aina Atienza

How workers died last week: helicopter crash, fall, occupational cancer, explosions, electrocution, skid steer rollover, head injury, and crushed by…

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