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No Moon Voyage Without a Timecard

April 8, 2026 Kathleen Rest
Budget Chemical Safety Board Enforcement NIOSH

Trump to Workers: Drop Dead. And Do It Faster

April 8, 2026 Jordan Barab
Mine Safety Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Fooling Around with Workers’ Lives: The Weekly Toll

April 7, 2026 Aina Atienza
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April 1 Special Report: A Nation Without Workers

April 1, 2026 Kathleen Rest
Public Employees Weekly Toll

No Accidents, Only Oversights: The Weekly Toll

March 31, 2026 Aina Atienza
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No Moon Voyage Without a Timecard
Labor
No Moon Voyage Without a Timecard
Trump to Workers: Drop Dead. And Do It Faster
Budget Chemical Safety Board Enforcement NIOSH
Trump to Workers: Drop Dead. And Do It Faster
Fooling Around with Workers’ Lives: The Weekly Toll
Mine Safety Trench Collapse Weekly Toll
Fooling Around with Workers’ Lives: The Weekly Toll
April 1 Special Report: A Nation Without Workers
Labor
April 1 Special Report: A Nation Without Workers
Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
Deconstructing the Administrative State OSHA
Kill OSHA: Then Shoot, Stab, Suffocate and Drown the Agency
Supreme Court’s Disastrous OSHA Decision: What Others Are Saying
COVID-19 Supreme Court
Supreme Court’s Disastrous OSHA Decision: What Others Are Saying
Brett Kavanaugh OSHA
Kavanaugh: Threat to Workers and to OSHA
OSHA Pulls Protections As Healthcare Worker Deaths Rise
COVID-19 Health Care Workers OSHA
OSHA Pulls Protections As Healthcare Worker Deaths Rise
No Moon Voyage Without a Timecard
Labor
No Moon Voyage Without a Timecard
Trump to Workers: Drop Dead. And Do It Faster
Budget Chemical Safety Board Enforcement NIOSH
Trump to Workers: Drop Dead. And Do It Faster
Fooling Around with Workers’ Lives: The Weekly Toll
Mine Safety Trench Collapse Weekly Toll
Fooling Around with Workers’ Lives: The Weekly Toll
April 1 Special Report: A Nation Without Workers
Labor
April 1 Special Report: A Nation Without Workers
Blame the Worker Fall Prevention Fatalities

Worker Dies. Excuses Made.

December 4, 2017 Jordan Barab

Man killed at construction site for new Delaware home Blowing off a bit of steam here. Journalists take note. Check…

Fatalities OSHA Penalties

“Weird Noise Coming From the Chipper” as Employee is Dragged to his Death

December 4, 2017 Jordan Barab

This article by Elizabeth Floyd Mair of the Altamont Enterprise is a rare summary of a court case involving an…

Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week: Shoe Repair, New York

December 2, 2017 Jordan Barab
Deconstructing the Administrative State Environmental Protection Agency OSHA Regulatory Process

Republicans Find New Ways to Roll Back Protections

December 1, 2017 Jordan Barab

Just what you needed One more thing to keep you up at night. One of things we complained about at…

Enforcement OSHA Penalties Press Releases

OSHA Enforcement Update: Large Cases, More Press Releases.

December 1, 2017 Jordan Barab

At a Congressional hearing last month, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta extolled the virtues of compliance assistance, cooperation over confrontation…

Climate Change Hurricane Harvey OSHA Susan Harwood Worker Training Program

Hurricane Recovery Workers Face Safety, Health and Wage Problems According to Report

November 29, 2017 Jordan Barab

Substandard conditions in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey have impacted workers’ health and safety on the job, as well as…

Congress OSHA

Mugno Faces Senate Confirmation Hearing on Tuesday

November 29, 2017 Jordan Barab

Scott Mugno, President Trump’s choice to head the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, will go before the Senate Health, Education,…

Humor

New Safety Idea?

November 28, 2017 Jordan Barab

When you’re working outdoors, it’s important to know what the weather is. Several years ago, OSHA produced a very useful…

Fatalities OSHA

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…

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