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Harwood’s Last Gasp? OSHA Announces Cruel and Bizarre Grant Round

July 17, 2017 Jordan Barab

OSHA released a grant announcement last week for its Susan Harwood Worker Training Grants. But don’t get your hopes up.…

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Lost Both Arms and a Leg: Life and Death for Farmworkers

July 16, 2017 Jordan Barab

Intrepid Idaho Journalist Showcases Hazards Facing Farmworkers Dairy workers drown in manure pits. Farmworkers poisoned by pesticides. Limbs amputated. Electrocutions.…

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VPP: An Important Tool or a Waste of Scarce OSHA Resources?

July 14, 2017 Jordan Barab

OSHA will hold a stakeholder meeting on Monday (and another in the Fall) to discuss how to improve the agency’s…

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July 13, 2017 Jordan Barab

You thought Trump’s budget proposal was bad for OSHA? Well, our Republican friends in the House of Representatives have issued…

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Workers Needlessly Killed: Near and Afar

July 12, 2017 Jordan Barab

Just heard about a worker killed in a trench collapse about a dozen miles down the road from me. He…

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BREAKING: Chemical Safety Board Survives

July 11, 2017 Jordan Barab

Good news! The House Appropriations Committee released its FY 2018 Interior and Environment Appropriations budget bill today and it fully…

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Killing the Harwood Program Means Killing Workers

July 11, 2017 Jordan Barab

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services will vote Thursday on OSHA’s FY 2018 budget. Most of…

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Save The Chemical Safety Board: Call Your Representatives NOW

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The House Appropriations Committee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies will hold a mark-up on Wednesday, July 12 on the…

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Time To Act: Save Worker Training Grants, Health & Safety Research

July 10, 2017 Jordan Barab

If you haven’t yet done so, it’s time to do so. And if you have done so, do it again:…

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