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Twilight Zone? Rescued plane lands back in the 1960s. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/w...

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Seven highway construction workers killed on the road last week. Workers were also killed from falls, electrocutions, skid steer incident, crane incident, stabbing, farming, tree care and vehicle incidents: The Weekly Toll. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

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Workplace Tragedies: The Weekly Toll - Confined Space

On average, 100 workers die every week from traumatic injuries on the job in the United States. Here are how a few died last week.

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nuclear workers are exposed to cancer causing radiation. Now Trump's Nuclear Regulatory Commission thinks they need to be exposed to more, not less, radiation jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

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NRC Wants to Bulldoze Workplace Radiation Protections - Confined Space

Trump's Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a proposed regulation that will increase worker exposure to cancer-causing radiation.

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Workplace Tragedies: The Weekly Toll - Confined Space

On average, 100 workers die every week from traumatic injuries on the job in the United States. Here are how a few died last week.

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oh well, there goes the Blue Tsunami this November. Is that dancing in the streets I hear? Rising prices, the disastrous war, tariffs and the threat to American democracy are all forgotten. All hail the Republican Senate! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...

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Senate Resoundingly Approves Sweeping College Sports Measure

The outlook for the legislation, which seeks to stabilize the unsettled collegiate sports landscape, is uncertain in the House. It was one of the last congressional actions before the midterms.

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nuclear workers are exposed to cancer causing radiation. Now Trump's Nuclear Regulatory Commission thinks they need to be exposed to more, not less, radiation jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

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NRC Wants to Bulldoze Workplace Radiation Protections - Confined Space

Trump's Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a proposed regulation that will increase worker exposure to cancer-causing radiation.

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Debbie Berkowitz @debbieberkowitz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Horrible Ice raids on the same workers - heroes really- who came in every day during COVID as the virus raced like wildfire through their plants ,sickening and killing them- now treated sooo horribly. Why didn’t the industry fight for a path for these heroes? Shame! www.kcur.org/politics-ele...

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Kansas residents are reeling amid sweeping ICE enforcement action at meat processing plants

The arrests of plant workers and others around southwest Kansas began Tuesday, causing alarm and confusion across the region, where immigrants make up a large portion of the agriculture workforce.

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

How workers died last week: Trench collapse, workplace violence, helicopter crash, hit-and-run, falls, farming, mowing, drowning, rollovers, vehicular collisions and shootings: The Weekly Toll jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

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Failing to Protect America's Workers: The Weekly Toll - Confined Space

n average, 100 workers die every week from traumatic injuries on the job in the United States. Here are how a few died last week.

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Failing to Protect America's Workers: The Weekly Toll - Confined Space

n average, 100 workers die every week from traumatic injuries on the job in the United States. Here are how a few died last week.

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

So according to his logic, he can tear down and rebuild the Trump (Kennedy) Center as long as it comes equipped with drones and snipers. Maybe even a 52 story Trump Hotel on the National Mall (with drones and snipers.) He's hoping the Supreme Court will buy it? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...

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Trump Says His D.C. Arch Would Be a ‘Military Complex’ Housing Drones and Snipers

The president’s announcement on Sunday echoed his justification for the White House ballroom: that the project was necessary for national security.

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David Michaels @drdavidmichaels.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If you haven't seen this yet, stop what you are doing and read the piece or just hit play on the video. Brittany Wagner tells the heart breaking story of her father, a construction worker injured at work, denied the workers comp & SSDI benefits to which he is entitled. @nytopinion.nytimes.com 1/🧵

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Opinion | The $15,000 Settlement That Destroyed My Father’s Life (Gift Article)

A 35-foot fall didn’t kill Michael Wagner. The nearly 18-year failure of the safety net did. Before he died, he recorded 694 videos explaining how.

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David Michaels @drdavidmichaels.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Sadly, Michael Wagner's story is not uncommon. While workers' compensation now has higher profits than all other property and casualty lines, states are competing with each other to reduce payments to injured workers. There is no federal oversight or guardrails to stop the race to the bottom. 2/

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How America Let Its Workers’ Compensation System Fail - The American Prospect

If you’re injured on the job these days, you’re simply out of luck.

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David Michaels @drdavidmichaels.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

“I hope that we will look back at Cal/OSHA’s emergency standard as the beginning of the end of this terrible quartz countertop silicosis epidemic,” said David Michaels, a former head of federal OSHA who teaches at the George Washington University School of Public Health.

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California Regulators Unveil Plan to Ban New Quartz Countertops Amid Rising Worker Deaths | KQED

The Cal/OSHA draft would give fabrication shops nearly six months to phase out inventory of the popular countertop material, which is linked to a deadly lung disease among stonecutters.

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Debbie Berkowitz @debbieberkowitz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Heartbreaking. Listen to this story please. When a worker gets injured at work - unsafe equipment and or hazardous conditions- which happens to millions each year- they can’t sue the employer, and the measly benefits they are due so they can live and heal are impossible to get.

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David Michaels @drdavidmichaels.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Very, very good news. Today, Cal/OSHA issued a draft emergency standard to ban fabrication and installation of artificial stone products with >1% crystalline silica. Comments are due in 2 weeks. I hope today will be seen as the beginning of the end of the quartz countertop silicosis epidemic.

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Emergency Silica Advisory Committee - Advisory Meetings

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

How workers died last week: Skid loader incidents, airplane crash, lawn mower, explosions, industrial incidents, firefighting, drowning, heat, shootings, and vehicular collisions: The Weekly Toll jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

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Those Who Didn't Come Home: The Weekly Toll - Confined Space

On average, 100 workers die every week from traumatic injuries on the job in the United States. Here are how a few died last week.

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David Michaels @drdavidmichaels.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

OSHA inspections prevent future injuries at the inspected establishment & at others nearby. But after Trump & DOGE's personnel cuts, OSHA inspects thousands fewer establishments annually. The result: many thousands of additional workers are now being injured. @mslaterjohnson.bsky.social

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Data Centers Kill. (In addition to raising electricity rates and threatening water supplies.) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/c...

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Are you dreading the long boring weekend coming up? Well, never fear. Confined Space is providing you with lots of reading (and listening) matter that will interest, infuriate -- and hopefully motivate you to get out there to organize to fix shit. Read. And go forth! jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Occupational Safety and Health - Confined Space

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Data Centers Kill. (In addition to raising electricity rates and threatening water supplies.) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/c...

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Dispatches From the Front Lines of Occupational Safety and Health - Confined Space

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

To: The Federal Bureau of Investigation From: Citizens of the United States of America Re: Attempted Bribery ___ I'd like to report an attempt to bribe voters in the upcoming election. A fat orange man on TV has promised voters $5,000 each if his party wins the next election Please investigate

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I just charged $800 for car repairs on the credit card, and $200 to send a large box to New York. Then I get a Fraud Alert for $4.68 my wife spent at Starbucks.

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Man's Hilarious Confused Look

ALT: Man's Hilarious Confused Look

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

How workers died last week: Machinery, lawn care, grain bin, firefighting, rollovers, tractor incident, firefighting, welding explosion, vehicular collisions and shootings: The Weekly Toll jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

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Worker Deaths Approaching Labor Day: The Weekly Toll - Confined Space

On average, 100 workers die every week from traumatic injuries on the job in the United States. Here are how a few died last week.

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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happy Labor Day friends. First, the bad news to reflect upon: This so-called worker-focused administration's unrepentant assault on worker rights, protections and security via the great @greenhousenyt.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... @prospect.org @aflcio.org @epi.org

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‘The most anti-union president’: how Trump turned his back on US workers

Labor experts stunned at how anti-worker Trump has been with actions since last Labor Day that have hurt unions

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Nice of Trump to write Democrats' campaign ads for them. I'm sure they couldn't have come up with anything this clever and effective.

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Don't drink on the job, don't fu*k your body guard, don't use taxpayer dollars for personal travel. Is that really so hard? I guess Republican Cabinet members are not confirmed to administer, they are anointed to reign. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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Former labor secretary misused funds and drank on the job, report finds

Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned in April over the misconduct allegations. She oversaw a “toxic, intimidating and humiliating” work environment, a federal watchdog said.

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Devastating podcast about six agricultural workers killed in a confined space last year, and the abuse and fear that farm workers face every day on the job in this country. share.google/Xj5Qi9NAJqOV...

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To Live and Die as a Colorado Farmworker - Latino USA

On August 20th 2025, six workers died from toxic gas exposure at a dairy farm called Prospect Valley Dairy in...

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To Live and Die as a Colorado Farmworker - Latino USA

On August 20th 2025, six workers died from toxic gas exposure at a dairy farm called Prospect Valley Dairy in...

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Former labor secretary misused funds and drank on the job, report finds

Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned in April over the misconduct allegations. She oversaw a “toxic, intimidating and humiliating” work environment, a federal watchdog said.

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Oh no! How will we survive? The sky is falling. Evil has triumphed! On the brighter side, the Republicans are clearly doomed in November. How can they possibly hope to win anything if Melania doesn't attend the convention? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Melania Trump will not attend the Republican midterm convention

Scheduled for the middle of next week in Dallas, the event designed to project party unity will be missing a well-known figure.

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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Jordan Barab is a leading expert on workplace safety and you should follow him.

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Trump is in good company. Modeling his new coin after his Communist heroes

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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Republicans charge Democrats with "Champagne Socialism" and "Faux Empathy" in a Congressional hearing that more resembled a circus act. These are not serious people. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

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Heat, Champagne Socialism and Faux Empathy: The Republican Circus - Confined Space

House Republicans held a hearing yesterday about small business concerns. But it was really a campaign add disguised as a hearing. The circus goes on.

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David Weil @profsheenalives.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Service workers across the political spectrum from those who call themselves liberal to MAGA support and need a higher minimum wage. Watch this... youtube.com/shorts/EhY_r...

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Conservatives 🤝 Liberals: Raising the minimum wage

YouTube video by Harvard Kennedy School

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