{"id":12398,"date":"2025-09-11T08:17:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?p=12398"},"modified":"2025-09-09T22:26:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T02:26:09","slug":"remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/09\/11\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering the Heroes and Losses of 9\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"

E<\/span>very day is a good day to take a moment to recognize and be grateful for the multitude of workers who provide us with the goods, services, conveniences, and simple pleasures that we use and encounter in our daily lives. \u00a0I\u2019ve written about them here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As readers of Confined Space well know, many of these workers are sickened, injured, and disabled due to hazards, exposures, and conditions they encounter on the job. Some never make it home at the end of their shift. Indeed, fatalities are far from a rare occurrence. In 2023, 15 workers died every day from hazardous working conditions (more data here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Anniversary This Week<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This week evokes painful and poignant memories of courage and lives lost 24 years ago on September 11, 2001, the day highjacked planes crashed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and into the Pentagon near Washington, DC.\u00a0 Perhaps, like me, you remember where you were and what you were doing when the news broke. Or maybe you were not even born.\u00a0 If you want to look back on the events, there is plenty to read on line, e.g., here<\/a>, here<\/a>, here<\/a> \u2013 and my own earlier reflections here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So many workers lost their lives that day: the crew members on the hijacked planes; the office workers, analysts, maintenance personnel, janitors, security guards, foods service workers, and countless others who formed the backbone of the WTC\u2019s daily operations.\u00a0 The military personnel, contractors, and civilian employees at the Pentagon. Every one unique and special \u2013 and now united by the simple act of going to work on what seemed like an ordinary Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Honoring the Courage of First Responders<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I want to call out the heroism of the first responders — the firefighters, police officers, and Port Authority personnel who ran towards the danger. Embodying the highest ideals of public service, these heroic individuals didn\u2019t hesitate in their mission to save lives; they rushed into the building as others fled, climbing endless flights of stairs while carrying heavy equipment.<\/p>\n

The first responders who died that day were fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, sisters and brothers.\u00a0 Some were seasoned veterans; others were recent recruits.\u00a0 But all shared a commitment to doing their jobs and protecting the public.<\/p>\n

A Legacy of Resilience<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In remembering the workers who died on 9\/11, we honor not just their deaths, but also their \u00a0lives. They were people who loved their families; who had plans, dreams, and aspirations; and who were cherished colleagues, friends, and neighbors. Their legacy lives on in the children they raised, the work they did, and the memories held by those who knew them.<\/p>\n

And 9\/11 is a testament to resilience. In the face of this tragedy and in the weeks and months that followed, many if not most of the WTC and Pentagon survivors returned to work, albeit in temporary office space. The responding firefighters and police officers continued to don their uniforms and be there for the public.\u00a0 The paramedics who rushed to provide aid continued to respond to emergencies.<\/p>\n

They all basically said NO to terror.\u00a0 They showed us that while buildings can be destroyed, the spirit of compassion and perseverance are far stronger.<\/p>\n

Bottom Line<\/strong><\/h2>\n

So as we mark another somber anniversary of 9\/11, let\u2019s observe a moment of silence. Let\u2019s continue to keep their memory alive. We can honor them by embodying the values they represented: dedication to our work, care for our colleagues, commitment to our communities, and love for our families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every day is a good day to take a moment to recognize and be grateful for the multitude of workers who provide us with the goods, services, conveniences, and simple pleasures that we use and encounter in our daily lives. \u00a0I\u2019ve written about them here, here, here. As readers of Confined Space well know, many […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":12401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-this-day-in-history"],"yoast_head":"\nRemembering the Heroes and Losses of 9\/11 - Confined Space<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This week evokes painful and poignant memories of courage and lives lost 24 years ago on 9\/11, the day highjacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/09\/11\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Remembering the Heroes and Losses of 9\/11 - Confined Space\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This week evokes painful and poignant memories of courage and lives lost 24 years ago on 9\/11, the day highjacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/09\/11\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Confined Space\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-11T12:17:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-222458.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1125\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"748\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kathleen Rest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@jbarab\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@jbarab\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kathleen Rest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/11\\\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/11\\\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kathleen Rest\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9678f79da6852f87e422f296fc10d051\"},\"headline\":\"Remembering the Heroes and Losses of 9\\\/11\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-11T12:17:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/11\\\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":594,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bcc6bf185c17840824cfc3ef7522f3c5\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/11\\\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-222458.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"This Day In History\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/11\\\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/11\\\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/11\\\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\\\/\",\"name\":\"Remembering the Heroes and Losses of 9\\\/11 - Confined Space\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/11\\\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/11\\\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-222458.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-11T12:17:09+00:00\",\"description\":\"This week evokes painful and poignant memories of courage and lives lost 24 years ago on 9\\\/11, the day highjacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/11\\\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/11\\\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/11\\\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-222458.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-222458.png\",\"width\":1125,\"height\":748,\"caption\":\"Photo by Earl Dotter\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/11\\\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Remembering the Heroes and Losses of 9\\\/11\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/\",\"name\":\"Confined Space\",\"description\":\"A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bcc6bf185c17840824cfc3ef7522f3c5\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bcc6bf185c17840824cfc3ef7522f3c5\",\"name\":\"Jordan Barab\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/21009251506_93991fca44_w.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/21009251506_93991fca44_w.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/21009251506_93991fca44_w.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":267,\"caption\":\"Jordan Barab\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/21009251506_93991fca44_w.jpg\"},\"description\":\"Jordan Barab was OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary from 2009-2017. He ran AFSCME's health & safety program from 1982-98. He also worked at the House Education and & Labor Committee (2007-2009, 2019-2021) and the Chemical Safety Board.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/jordan-barab-81b0218\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/jbarab\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9678f79da6852f87e422f296fc10d051\",\"name\":\"Kathleen Rest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a3d4566d3f47d659963c4882c87312522f88e4eb299e2a8ff64a575f3b706f0b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a3d4566d3f47d659963c4882c87312522f88e4eb299e2a8ff64a575f3b706f0b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a3d4566d3f47d659963c4882c87312522f88e4eb299e2a8ff64a575f3b706f0b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Kathleen Rest\"},\"description\":\"Kathleen Rest is the former Executive Director of the Union of Concerned Scientists. She is currently a Board member of the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) and The Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jordanbarab.com\\\/confinedspace\\\/author\\\/krest\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Remembering the Heroes and Losses of 9\/11 - Confined Space","description":"This week evokes painful and poignant memories of courage and lives lost 24 years ago on 9\/11, the day highjacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/09\/11\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Remembering the Heroes and Losses of 9\/11 - Confined Space","og_description":"This week evokes painful and poignant memories of courage and lives lost 24 years ago on 9\/11, the day highjacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon","og_url":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/09\/11\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\/","og_site_name":"Confined Space","article_published_time":"2025-09-11T12:17:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1125,"height":748,"url":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-222458.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Kathleen Rest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@jbarab","twitter_site":"@jbarab","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kathleen Rest","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/09\/11\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/09\/11\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\/"},"author":{"name":"Kathleen Rest","@id":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/#\/schema\/person\/9678f79da6852f87e422f296fc10d051"},"headline":"Remembering the Heroes and Losses of 9\/11","datePublished":"2025-09-11T12:17:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/09\/11\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\/"},"wordCount":594,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/#\/schema\/person\/bcc6bf185c17840824cfc3ef7522f3c5"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/09\/11\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-222458.png","articleSection":["This Day In History"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/09\/11\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/09\/11\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\/","url":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/09\/11\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\/","name":"Remembering the Heroes and Losses of 9\/11 - Confined Space","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/09\/11\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/09\/11\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-222458.png","datePublished":"2025-09-11T12:17:09+00:00","description":"This week evokes painful and poignant memories of courage and lives lost 24 years ago on 9\/11, the day highjacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/09\/11\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/09\/11\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/09\/11\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-222458.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-222458.png","width":1125,"height":748,"caption":"Photo by Earl Dotter"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2025\/09\/11\/remembering-the-heroes-and-losses-of-9-11\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Remembering the Heroes and Losses of 9\/11"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/#website","url":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/","name":"Confined Space","description":"A newsletter of workplace safety and labor issues","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/#\/schema\/person\/bcc6bf185c17840824cfc3ef7522f3c5"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/#\/schema\/person\/bcc6bf185c17840824cfc3ef7522f3c5","name":"Jordan Barab","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/21009251506_93991fca44_w.jpg","url":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/21009251506_93991fca44_w.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/21009251506_93991fca44_w.jpg","width":400,"height":267,"caption":"Jordan Barab"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/21009251506_93991fca44_w.jpg"},"description":"Jordan Barab was OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary from 2009-2017. He ran AFSCME's health & safety program from 1982-98. He also worked at the House Education and & Labor Committee (2007-2009, 2019-2021) and the Chemical Safety Board.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jordan-barab-81b0218\/","https:\/\/x.com\/jbarab"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/#\/schema\/person\/9678f79da6852f87e422f296fc10d051","name":"Kathleen Rest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a3d4566d3f47d659963c4882c87312522f88e4eb299e2a8ff64a575f3b706f0b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a3d4566d3f47d659963c4882c87312522f88e4eb299e2a8ff64a575f3b706f0b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a3d4566d3f47d659963c4882c87312522f88e4eb299e2a8ff64a575f3b706f0b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Kathleen Rest"},"description":"Kathleen Rest is the former Executive Director of the Union of Concerned Scientists. She is currently a Board member of the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) and The Institute for Policy Integrity at NYU.","url":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/author\/krest\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-09-222458.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8s1ZU-3dY","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12398"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12400,"href":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12398\/revisions\/12400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}