Weekly Toll: Workers Not Coming Home This Week
68-year-old man killed in workplace accident in Hall County Atlanta, GA — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating.…
Will We Ever Know How Rickey Nombrano Died?
Ricky Nombrano, part of the Ballinger, Texas city work crew was killed earlier this week “while operating heavy equipment.” We…
Photo of the Week: Vendor, New York City
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OSHA Delays Full Silica Enforcement For One More Month
You won’t see it in a press release, but yesterday OSHA announced another 30 day delay in full enforcement of…
Houston, We Have A Fox-Chicken Problem…
While the new headlines are all about Hurricanes, health care, North Korea and tax “reform,” chickens around the country are…
Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Battle to Protect Workers: Short Stuff
In Memorium, Adrienne Markowitz: The health and safety movement has lost another of its legends. Adrienne Markowitz, former safety and…
Disabled, Used Up and Discarded: And Conditions for Poultry Workers May Get Worse
Normally, I’d say anyone with half a brain and a bit of a moral compass would see this as a…
Weekly Toll: Workers Age 19 to 60 Won’t Be Coming Home
Worker Dies in Industrial Accident at Northern Idaho Mill ATHOL, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say a worker at a northern…
Photo of the Week: Newark Airport
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OSHA Alliance: Protecting Workers or Protecting the Chemical Industry?
OSHA may have strong principles about not issuing press releases that might embarrass companies that endanger or kill workers, but…