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In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Those We Lost in 2025

January 15, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Trump Administration Retreats on NIOSH Destruction

January 14, 2026 Jordan Barab
Congress Silica

Congressional Hearing: Protecting an Industry that is Killing Workers

January 14, 2026 Jordan Barab
Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job

January 12, 2026 Jordan Barab
Trench Collapse

Trench Collapse Deaths Ring Out the Old Year

January 8, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Deconstructing the Administrative State OSHA
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OSHA Pulls Protections As Healthcare Worker Deaths Rise
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Trump Administration Retreats on NIOSH Destruction
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Congressional Hearing: Protecting an Industry that is Killing Workers
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Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
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Weekly Toll: Killed on the Job
Alex Acosta Budget OSHA Wage and Hour Division

Acosta: Who Needs Government Protections In the Era of Yelp?

March 7, 2018 Jordan Barab

Yesterday’s House Appropriations hearing on the Labor Department’s FY 2019 budget was a fairly low key — mostly boring —…

Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll

March 6, 2018 Jordan Barab

Man, 32, Killed After Barge Overturns in Guilford GUILFORD, CT — One person is dead after a barge carrying eight…

Alex Acosta Budget OSHA Regulations and Standards Regulatory Process

Acosta to Defend DOL/OSHA Budget Tomorrow

March 5, 2018 Jordan Barab

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies will hold a hearing tomorrow morning…

Beryllium OSHA Regulations and Standards Regulatory Process

OSHA Announces Delay in Beryllium Standard Enforcement

March 5, 2018 Jordan Barab

Chronic beryllium disease is not a pretty thing. It causes scarring within the lungs, which eventually reduces the lungs’ ability…

House of Representatives OSHA Regulations and Standards Regulatory Process

OSHA Hearing: OSHA has Great Tools; Please Don’t Use Them. Hearing Report Part 3

March 2, 2018 Jordan Barab

The messages to OSHA from the Chamber of Commerce at this week’s House hearing were clear: Don’t (miss)use the General…

Alex Acosta OSHA

Reagan Dishonor Day: Video of How Reagan Dishonored American Workers

March 1, 2018 Jordan Barab

In honor of the dishonor of naming former President Ronald Reagan to the Labor Hall of Fame (better known today…

Bureau of Labor Statistics Fatalities OSHA

Does the Rise in 2016 Workplace Fatalities Mean that OSHA Failed? Hearing Report Part 2

February 28, 2018 Jordan Barab

At yesterday’s House hearing, Eric Hobbes, representing the US Chamber of Commerce, cited a rise in workplace fatalities in 2016…

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House OSHA Hearing: What You Missed and What It Meant. Part 1

February 28, 2018 Jordan Barab

In a fiery rebuttal of Republican and employer attacks on OSHA during the Obama administration, former Assistant Secretary Dr. David…

Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Another group of workers join the list those who didn’t make it through the workday

February 27, 2018 Jordan Barab

Parkland School Teachers Killed in Shooting Parkland, FL — Three school employees were among the 17 persons killed in the…

Department of Labor

Game Time: Which One of These Is Different From the Others?

February 26, 2018 Jordan Barab

These are some of the members of the US Department of Labor Hall of Honor. Which of these is different…

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