{"id":11433,"date":"2025-04-04T12:31:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T16:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?p=11433"},"modified":"2025-04-04T12:32:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T16:32:23","slug":"housekeeping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/04\/04\/housekeeping\/","title":{"rendered":"Housekeeping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few odds and ends that will help us go into battle together.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>NIOSH<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>I want to publish more about the real impact that the elimination of NIOSH will have on workers, as well as the impact on NIOSH employees&#8217; lives and careers. I&#8217;d like to hear from anyone employed by NIOSH or who uses the materials or services of NIOSH. You can email me here (<a href=\"mailto:confinedspace2017@gmail.com\" class=\"autohyperlink\">confinedspace2017@gmail.com<\/a>), use the comments below or, if you&#8217;re worried about confidentiality, contact me on <a href=\"https:\/\/signal.org\/\">Signal<\/a>, which is a (recently famous) encrypted messaging app.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Confidential Information<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>If bad things are happening at OSHA or NIOSH that haven&#8217;t made the news, but are important to publicize or evaluate, you can contact me confidentially using Signal.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Subscriptions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Around 20% of my subscriptions mysteriously disappeared the other night. (Elon, is that you?) If you are a subscriber and normally receive emails \u2013 and did NOT get a Confined Space email around 7:00 this morning \u2013 you may have been dropped. 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