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Republicans Try to Smother OSHA Heat Standard Under General Duty Clause

July 22, 2026 Jordan Barab
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Dead on the Job: The Weekly Toll

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House Republicans Attempt to Kill OSHA Heat Standard

July 20, 2026 Jordan Barab
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July 15, 2026 Jordan Barab
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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…

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“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…

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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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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…

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

November 17, 2017 Jordan Barab

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More information is coming out about the chemical releases at the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby Texas following last summer’s…

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CSB Withdraws Deepwater Horizon Worker Participation Recommendations

November 15, 2017 Jordan Barab

In a 3-1 vote, the Chemical Safety Board voted yesterday to withdraw recommendations calling for the Bureau of Safety and…

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November 10, 2017 Jordan Barab

In a musty old hall in Detroit they prayed In the Maritime Sailors’ Cathedral The church bell chimed, ’til it…

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