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Mine Safety MSHA This Day In History

Farmington Mine Disaster and the Blood of Coal Miners

November 20, 2025 Jordan Barab
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Nevada Gov Drops OSHA Penalties for Musk

November 19, 2025 Jordan Barab
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Killed on the Job: Weekly Toll

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When Spring is in the air, this man’s fancy turns to (where else?) the 2018 Spring Regulatory Agenda to discover…

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We won’t see their like again…

May 8, 2018 Jordan Barab

Although the sad news has been known to many of us for a while, Bloomberg Law officially announced the retirements…

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Crushed to Death and Discarded: The Invisible “Third Men” of New York’s Garbage Industry

May 5, 2018 Jordan Barab

There are eight million stories in the Naked City, and some of them — like this one — you’d never…

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OK, it’s the weekend, so we can kick back and gossip and spread rumors. If you read last Monday’s Punching…

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Blankenship: Negros, Chinapersons and 29 Dead Miners

May 4, 2018 Jordan Barab

There are a lot of things to hate Don Blankenship for. Putting production over safety leading to the deaths of…

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May 2, 2018 Jordan Barab

The workplace safety movement lost two of its heroes in March — one fairly well known (enough to get an…

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Workers Memorial Day Around the Country

May 2, 2018 Jordan Barab

Workers Memorial Day events were held around the world last weekend. Here are some articles about many of the US…

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OSHA and Industry Reach Beryllium Settlement

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OSHA and the Beryllium industry have reached a settlement regarding changes in OSHA’s Beryllium standard for general industry. The changes,…

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Weekly Toll: Mourning and Fighting for Another Year

April 30, 2018 Jordan Barab

Even though President Trump somehow forgot to mention Workers Memorial Day at his rally in Michigan Saturday night, we here…

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