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Trench Collapse Deaths Ring Out the Old Year

January 8, 2026 Jordan Barab
Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Dying in the New Year

January 6, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Students: Help Workers Fight for Safe Working Conditions

January 5, 2026 Jordan Barab
DOGE Heat Journalism MSHA NIOSH Regulatory Process Year in Review

2025 Confined Space Year in Review

January 5, 2026 Jordan Barab
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This Day in Workplace Safety History: The Sago Mine Disaster

January 2, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Trench Collapse
Trench Collapse Deaths Ring Out the Old Year
Weekly Toll: Dying in the New Year
Weekly Toll
Weekly Toll: Dying in the New Year
Students: Help Workers Fight for Safe Working Conditions
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Students: Help Workers Fight for Safe Working Conditions
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FedEx Fatalities: Mugno Has Some Explaining To do

November 28, 2017 Jordan Barab

Scott Mugno, nominated by President Trump to be the next head of OSHA has a problem. Several problems actually. Last…

Weekly Toll

The Weekly Toll: Death In The American Workplace

November 27, 2017 Jordan Barab

Man killed by falling tree in Brentwood BRENTWOOD, N.H. — A workplace accident took a tragic turn when a local…

OSHA Recordkeeping

One Last Time: OSHA Extends Recordkeeping Reporting Deadline

November 22, 2017 Jordan Barab

After multiple delays, OSHA has finally announced that employers who are required to keep OSHA injury and illness records must…

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Editorial Board Resigns after Corporate Takeover of Worker-Oriented Public Health Journal

November 22, 2017 Jordan Barab

The entire 22-member Editorial Board of the International Journal of Occupational and Environment Health resigned this morning after a months-long…

Blog

“I Don’t Get Enough E-mail” Said No One, Ever

November 22, 2017 Jordan Barab

I can’t do much about the quantity of e-mail you get, but I can help you with the quality of…

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Short Stuff: Short, But Interesting

November 21, 2017 Jordan Barab

There’s always so much to talk about. Luckily, you have me to distill it for you. Zatezalo to MSHA: The…

Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: The Last Two Weeks of Carnage in the American Workplace

November 21, 2017 Jordan Barab

These reports always contain an surprising and upsetting diversity of ways to die in the workplace. The last couple of…

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Acosta Testifies and He’s Not Terrible

November 20, 2017 Jordan Barab

Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta testified last Thursday at a hearing before the full House Education and Workforce Committee, and…

Poultry Industry

Murray, DeLauro Call on USDA to Reject Chicken Council’s Petition to Increase Line Speeds

November 17, 2017 Jordan Barab

Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT),…

Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week: National Airport

November 17, 2017 Jordan Barab

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