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Fires and Firefighting Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: End of Shift

September 15, 2025 Jordan Barab
Workplace Illness

9/11 reflections: Mental Health as Worker Health

September 12, 2025 Chip Hughes
This Day In History

Remembering the Heroes and Losses of 9/11

September 11, 2025 Kathleen Rest
Congressional Review Act Regulatory Process

Appeals Court Opens the Way—Someday—to OSHA Regulation of Ergonomics

September 9, 2025 Rena Steinzor
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Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home From Work

September 8, 2025 Jordan Barab
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Weekly Toll: End of Shift
9/11 reflections: Mental Health as Worker Health
Workplace Illness
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Remembering the Heroes and Losses of 9/11
This Day In History
Remembering the Heroes and Losses of 9/11
Appeals Court Opens the Way—Someday—to OSHA Regulation of Ergonomics
Congressional Review Act Regulatory Process
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Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Work Continues Its Deadly Course

October 30, 2017 Jordan Barab

Bourbonnais Man Dies From Possible Pesticide Exposure In Chicago Ridge CHICAGO RIDGE, IL — A Bourbonnais man died after he…

OSHA Press Releases Regulations and Standards Susan Harwood Worker Training Program

Scott Mugno Nominated to Head OSHA

October 30, 2017 Jordan Barab

After months of rumors, the White House has finally announced that it has nominated Scott Mugno, Vice President for Safety,…

Labor Unions

Good Union News. What?

October 28, 2017 Jordan Barab

Most of the news you hear about the state of the labor movement these days is either bad…or worse. Falling…

Fatalities

Just Another Day In The Workplace

October 27, 2017 Jordan Barab

I get a lot of health and safety-related news alerts emailed to be every day. Some days are worse than…

Environmental Protection Agency Hurricane Harvey Labor Unions Short Stuff Silica

Short Stuff: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Battle for Safe Workplaces

October 25, 2017 Jordan Barab

Bad News For Supporters of Silica-related Disease: As of October 23, OSHA’s Silica rule has finally come into full effect.…

Blame the Worker Lac Megantic Railroads

Lac-Mégantic Trial Reveals More Damning Evidence

October 24, 2017 Jordan Barab

The trial of three rail employees blamed for the deaths of 47 people due to a train carrying 73 cars…

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Technical Problems: And A Baseball Great

October 23, 2017 Jordan Barab

I’ve been having serious technical problems today which I always find frustrating. So to get my mind off of that,…

Fires and Firefighting

California Fires: Firefighters Aren’t The Only Ones At Risk

October 20, 2017 Jordan Barab

Over 40 people have been killed in the California fires. All but one, so far, have been residents; only one…

OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs

When VPP Companies Kill

October 20, 2017 Jordan Barab

Over the past month, two workers have been killed at companies participating in OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs: Nucor Steel in…

OSHA

What’s Going On Inside OSHA?

October 19, 2017 Jordan Barab

Back from vacation and checking in with people to see what’s going on a the agency charged with assuring the…

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