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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Workplace Safety & Health

June 1, 2023 Jordan Barab

Bring OSHA into the 21st Century The Occupational Safety and Health Act just had its 52nd birthday. OSHA was born…

Mine Safety Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Killed at Work

May 29, 2023 Jordan Barab

Last week workers were killed in explosions, fires, lightning, falls, building collapses, forklift incidents, shootings and vehicle incidents. On average,…

Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Not Coming Home

May 22, 2023 Jordan Barab

Last Week workers were killed in fires, falls, shootings, machinery incidents, logging, vehicle incidents and assaults. On average, over 100…

Amazon Public Employees Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Death on the Job

May 11, 2023 Jordan Barab

Last Week workers were killed in explosions, falls, shootings, tree cutting, vehicle incidents and trapped in a freezer. On average,…

Public Employees Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Mourning for the Dead

May 1, 2023 Jordan Barab

Last Week was Workers Memorial Day. Workers were killed in yet another trench collapse, petroleum plant explosion, falls, shootings, tree…

Environmental Protection Agency OSHA Penalties

Of Birds and Men: DuPont, Corporate Penalties and the Law

April 26, 2023 Jordan Barab

Just over 18 years ago, I wrote a post entitled “Of Fish and Men” where I observed that “The penalty…

Mine Safety Trench Collapse Weekly Toll

Weekly Toll: Mourning for the Dead

April 24, 2023 Jordan Barab

Last week workers were decapitated in a vehicle crash, crushed in a trench collapse, caught in machinery and killed in…

West Fertilizer Explosion

ATF Doubles Down on Unscientific Finding of Arson in 2013 West Fertilizer Blast

April 18, 2023 Jordan Barab

Like certain politicians, some government agencies just have no shame. Despite widespread condemnation by fire investigation experts and the citizens…

Trench Collapse Weekly Toll