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Workplace issues, Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA), Workplace Safety, Public Health, Environment and Political Information that everyone should know.

What happens inside the Beltway matters outside the Beltway.

That's why they try to keep it secret.

Monday, December 11, 2006

BP's Lord John Browne: Guilty Of Shameful Neglect

Poor Lord John Browne. You gotta feel sorry for him. Here he is "peer of the realm, a captain of industry, a lover of fine cigars and a...

December 11, 1971: Today In Workplace Safety History

December 11, 1971: A methane gas explosion kills 22 workers building a water tunnel at Detroit Water and Sewerage's Lake Huron Water Pla...

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Fighting For Freedom: Iranian Couple Still Trying To Get Their Jobs Back At NIOSH

Sometimes you have to wonder if the terrorists have won. I reported two years ago ( here and here ) about the firing of Ali and Shahla Afsh...

Hawpe: Workplace Safety Should Be On Congress' s Agenda

Louiville Courier Journal columnist David Hawpe has a good idea . Newly elected Congressman John Yarmuth (D-KY) is going to make a speech ...

Senators Aim To Stop Another Industry Fox From Raiding The EPA Chicken Coop

A couple of Democratic Senators are trying to keep at least one more fox out of the regulatory chicken coop -- this time over at EPA. The fo...

Saturday, December 09, 2006

Scientists Gone Bad

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Friday, December 08, 2006

Sad news: 2nd Washington Metro Track Inspector Dies

By Celeste Monforton The transit workers in the Washington, DC region are suffering another loss. Matthew Brooks , 36, succumbed to the inj...

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Violence Continues To Injure And Kill Workers

Although workplace violence has fallen from the second leading cause of death in the workplace to fourth, it remains a major source of injur...

Laboring In The Salt Mines Of Congress. Someone Help Us!

Elana Levin at the DMI Blog notes that Republicans in the House of Representatives, faced with working five days a week from now on (horror...

Bioterrorism?

Presented Without Comment Plane Lands After Matches Used to Hide Odor An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing ...

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Are Respirators Enough To Protect Workers Against Popcorn Lung?

Over 200 workers have filed lawsuits against artificial butter producers that use diacetyl, the chemical blamed for cause bronchiolitis obli...

Jail For Asbestos Test Fraud

This is one of those stories that you need to remember when you hear Bush administration officials say that we don't really need more en...

December 6, 1907: Today In Workplace Safety History

December 6, 1907: Explosion at the Monongah Nos. 6 and 8 mine in Monongah, WV kills 362 miners. Exhausted volunteers found conditions in th...

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Oversight Begins: Rep Miller Alarmed At OSHA Retaliation Against Employee Re.Asbestos Brakes

Last month, Andrew Schneider of the Baltimore Sun reported that OSHA had threatened to suspend an employee for refusing to withdraw an OSH...

CalOSHA Cites Psych Center For Violence

CalOSHA has taken action to workplace violence in a psychiatric health center in Richmond, CA. The agency has fined Contra Costa County $20,...

Bush's Highway Deregulation Kills

It's gotten to be an old story in this administration -- industry contributions flowing to Republican candidates, government oversight a...

What To Do When You've Been Fired...

Oh come on, smile a little. Life is far too important to be taken so seriously. Here are some ideas for those days when you've been fire...

Monday, December 04, 2006

Kentucky Darby Mine Disaster Report Released: "Nothing Accidental About Deaths In The Mines"

The state of Kentucky has issued a report on the May 20 explosion at the Kentucky Darby No. 1 coal mine in Harlan County, Ky., that killed f...

New Blog: The Pump Handle

Unlike the dead tree media, we in the blogosphere welcome newcomers to our turf. One recent welcome addition to the public health section of...

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Mine Fatalities: All Is Not What It Seems

This year has been a nightmare in America's coal mines with 46 miners killed, compared with 22 last year. Prior to this year, however,...

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