How workers died last week: Trench collapse, skid steer, fork lift, coal mining, fall, shootings and vehicle incidents. On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

Comparing the right-wing response to the tragic murders of the Guardsmen in DC, and the assassination of Charlie Kirk, one thing stands out. No one suggested responding to Charlie Kirk's murder by scrutinizing and demonizing all young white males with ties to the LDS church.

Elon Musk Disappeared MASSIVE OSHA FINES, Former OSHA Official Explains How Jordan Barab (@jbarab), former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor at OSHA, returns to talk about how Elon Musk has been breaking OSHA. 🧵

More malignant stupidity from sociopaths in the current administration: "Goddard's arm of NASA's Office of Safety and Mission Assurance was hit particularly hard by position losses..." Because why worry about safety when you work with explosives and toxic chemicals? www.space.com/space-explor...

The people guarding the US nuclear stockpile are being furloughed today. Meanwhile, Trump deemed those who helped him start trolling accounts on Bluesky and who disseminated his shitpost over the weekend essential. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/19/p...

Who says #OSHA doesn't save lives? ohsonline.com/articles/202...

Destroying #NIOSH: How Trump Broke Corporate America’s Most Valuable Consultant. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

OSHA kills infectious disease standard after thousands of Frontline healthcare workers died of COVID-19. Workplace violence standard put on the back burner despite high injury rates among health care workers. jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...

There is an OSHA Standard requiring Confined Space safety training in General Industry, Construction, Maritime Industry - every kind of work EXCEPT agriculture. Why isn't there a OSHA Confined Space standard for agriculture? Are farm workers considered expendable? www.vox.com/future-perfe... #OSHA

People don't die in confined spaces if you test the air before entering, and ventilate the space if needed. Air monitors and ventilation blowers cost a few hundred dollars each. Or, you can just consider your workers to be expendable: www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...

The NASA Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center does an excellent job of supporting science education in an area (Eastern Shore of MD/VA) without many resources. So of course Trump's team of morons wants it dead: nasawatch.com/personnel-ne...

The city council of Loveland, Colorado installed the Flock surveillance cameras to "fight crime", promising that the system would not be used for immigration enforcement. Then Loveland PD opens the system to the Federal ATF, who proceed to run queries for ICE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWE8...

"Trump called for the CSB’s closure during his first term but settled for leaving many investigator and agency leadership positions unfilled."

We can add Denver to the "protesters were peaceful, police were not" list. Oddly, police in most other locations in Colorado were well behaved, even in "red" areas. But Denver PD, in particular, seems determined to live down to its reputation.

See national impact of federal health research cuts scienceimpacts.org?CONDITION=TE...

RFKjr keeps killing. Almost everything I did at work for 35 years relied on #NIOSH. - analyzing workplace air for chemicals using NIOSH methods - responding to chemical spills using NIOSH reference works - selecting respirators and chemical PPE tested by NIOSH www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/rfk...

Bernie and AOC are getting a huge turnout to their rally at Univ. of Northern Colorado in Greely (one of the more conservative areas in CO) - the crowd is overflowing the venue's capacity. Too bad our Democratic Senators and Congress critters didn't bother to show. www.reddit.com/r/Denver/com...

Apparently Musk's goons did a search on OSHA publications and decided anything containing the word "diversity" had to go, ordering the destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices. popular.info/p/in-botched...

Western Area Power Administration/Bonneville Power Administration maintain electric power distribution across 15 states in the West. The linemen and electricians operating/maintaining this grid are Federal Wage Grade employees. Musk just fired a bunch of them: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKIg...

Once RFK Jr.'s minions are done with the CDC, who knows what will become of their vaccination schedules. Here is a schedule from the UK Health Security Agency, safely out of his reach: www.gov.uk/government/p...

Sure, lets abandon the organization that led the eradication of smallpox and is -><- this close to wiping out polio. Part of the new Administration's plan to Make Infectious Disease Great Again? #who