New DOL Enforcement Memo Details Where Not to Enforce
Department of Labor Solicitor Jonathan Berry issued a new “enforcement” memo at the end of February to share his “enforcement…
Clocking in for The Final Shift: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Coal mine death, electrocutions, CO2 fire suppression system discharge, steamroller, trench collapse, vehicular collisions, shootings,…
50 Years Ago Today: The Scotia Mine Disaster
At approximately 11:45 a.m., March 9, 1976, a massive explosion caused by coal dust and methane gas blasted through Scotia…
The DeMise of DeRemer?
With the chaos enveloping this country and the world, those old, traditional stories of government corruption, personal malfeasance, coverups and…
Workers Dying in the US: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: Trench collapse, fall, struck by train, construction incidents, grass fire, malfunctioning industrial equipment, shootings, stabbing,…
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OSHA Inspections Down 20% in 2025; Keeling Promises More Hiring A group of Democratic Senators has send a letter to…
OSHA’s New Poster Leaves Some Things to be Required
OSHA made a major announcement today: It’s changing posters. Why? Because they care. But this is not necessarily good news.…
Workplace Fatalities: The Weekly Toll
How workers died last week: crushed, 2 grain bin suffocations, confined space, skiing avalanche, chemical gas leaks, hydrogen sulfide gas…
Workplace Fatalities Drop in Last Biden Year
The number and rate of workers killed on the job dropped in 2024, the last year of the Biden administration,…
Honoring the Workers Who Show Up in the Storm
Dateline: Boston, Sunday Evening, February 22: It’s a chilly and cloudy day here in my fair city, and we’re bracing…