Worker Killed In Trench Collapse — Again. Why? And What Can Be Done?
Another in a continuing, never-ending series on the tragedy of preventable trench collapses (and the journalism that accompanies them.) Anthony…
“Safety Is Our Top Priority”
I read a lot of articles about workers getting killed on the job in preventable incidents. They’re always upsetting. But…
Trump Calls For More Regulation!
Observers wait to see what two regulations of equivalent cost he will withdraw to make room under his 1-in/2-out Executive…
Weekly Toll: Summer Ends, Workplace Deaths Continue
Man run over while overhauling bus at Chicago Heights junkyard Chicago, IL — A man died after being run over…
Court Orders EPA To Implement Chemical Plant Safety Rule
In a stinging rebuke to the Environmental Protection Agency, a federal court has called EPA’s delay in implementing the Obama…
Agriculture
Brett Kavanaugh
Deconstructing the Administrative State
Enforcement
Environmental Protection Agency
Short Stuff
Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety: Short Stuff
Poison Food, Poisoned Workers: Eyal Press of The Intercept writes about chronic health problems that have plagued Jessica Robertson since…
Weekly Toll: Workers Killed on the Job Last Week
Family, friends mourning death of construction worker killed in Twin Peaks Tunnel SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KTVU) – Family and friends…
“Types” of Racism in the United States Today
As the nation’s capital was about to be overrun by more than two dozen American Nazis yesterday, President Trump issued…
Agriculture
Deconstructing the Administrative State
Environmental Protection Agency
Regulations and Standards
“Stop Poisoning Children and Farm Workers” Court Tells EPA
Every day we read about how EPA or OSHA announced their intention to roll back this protection, or failed to…
“Freak Accidents” — Neither Freakish, nor Accidental
Freak Accident: An incident, especially one that is harmful, occurring under highly unusual and unlikely circumstances. (Wiktionary) This is another…