Jordan Barab
@jbarab.bsky.social
Workplace safety & health, & labor. OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary 2009-2017. Ran AFSCME health & safety program 1982-98. Also House Ed & Labor Ctte and Chemical Safety Board
Read my workplace health & safety blog: Confined Space: http://jordanbarab.com
Read my workplace health & safety blog: Confined Space: http://jordanbarab.com
20 years ago today, 12 miners died at the Sago mine in West Virginia. All but one died from lack of oxygen in the hours after the explosion. The disaster led to major reforms in mine safety supprted by an overwhelming bipartisan majority in Congress.
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This Day in Workplace Safety History: The Sago Mine Disaster - Confined Space
Today is the 20th anniversary of the Sago mine disaster that killed 12 miners and led to major improvements in mine safety.
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January 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM
20 years ago today, 12 miners died at the Sago mine in West Virginia. All but one died from lack of oxygen in the hours after the explosion. The disaster led to major reforms in mine safety supprted by an overwhelming bipartisan majority in Congress.
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A heartbreaking story of a father, an undocumented immigrant -- fighting cancer from years of firefighting -- who risks a three-hour drive to get his 11-year-old son to a state soccer tournament. What a country!
By the indefatigable @hannahdreier.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
By the indefatigable @hannahdreier.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
‘It’s Just Us’: The Firefighter, His Son and a Treacherous Choice
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A heartbreaking story of a father, an undocumented immigrant -- fighting cancer from years of firefighting -- who risks a three-hour drive to get his 11-year-old son to a state soccer tournament. What a country!
By the indefatigable @hannahdreier.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
By the indefatigable @hannahdreier.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
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How workers died last week: Logging, construction, gas explosion, truck repair, avalanche, mining, stabbing, 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...
No Happy New Year: The Weekly Toll - Confined Space
On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work. How a few died last week.
jordanbarab.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
How workers died last week: Logging, construction, gas explosion, truck repair, avalanche, mining, stabbing, 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...
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55 years ago today, Richard Nixon signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act giving American workers the right to a safe workplace.
www.politico.com/story/2018/1...
www.politico.com/story/2018/1...
Nixon signs workplace safety bill, Dec. 29, 1970
The bill created OSHA.
www.politico.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
55 years ago today, Richard Nixon signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act giving American workers the right to a safe workplace.
www.politico.com/story/2018/1...
www.politico.com/story/2018/1...
A heartbreaking story of a father, an undocumented immigrant -- fighting cancer from years of firefighting -- who risks a three-hour drive to get his 11-year-old son to a state soccer tournament. What a country!
By the indefatigable @hannahdreier.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
By the indefatigable @hannahdreier.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
‘It’s Just Us’: The Firefighter, His Son and a Treacherous Choice
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A heartbreaking story of a father, an undocumented immigrant -- fighting cancer from years of firefighting -- who risks a three-hour drive to get his 11-year-old son to a state soccer tournament. What a country!
By the indefatigable @hannahdreier.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
By the indefatigable @hannahdreier.bsky.social.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
How workers died last week: Logging, construction, gas explosion, truck repair, avalanche, mining, stabbing, 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...
No Happy New Year: The Weekly Toll - Confined Space
On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work. How a few died last week.
jordanbarab.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:59 PM
How workers died last week: Logging, construction, gas explosion, truck repair, avalanche, mining, stabbing, 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...
55 years ago today, Richard Nixon signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act giving American workers the right to a safe workplace.
www.politico.com/story/2018/1...
www.politico.com/story/2018/1...
Nixon signs workplace safety bill, Dec. 29, 1970
The bill created OSHA.
www.politico.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:17 PM
55 years ago today, Richard Nixon signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act giving American workers the right to a safe workplace.
www.politico.com/story/2018/1...
www.politico.com/story/2018/1...
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Science-for-Hire alert.
The insurance industry uses the tobacco playbook to lowball payments to residents whose houses are contaminated by toxic chemicals following LA fires.
Thanks @rukminicallimachi.bsky.social, Blacki Migliozzi, @nytimes.com for powerful, heartbreaking investgative reporting.
The insurance industry uses the tobacco playbook to lowball payments to residents whose houses are contaminated by toxic chemicals following LA fires.
Thanks @rukminicallimachi.bsky.social, Blacki Migliozzi, @nytimes.com for powerful, heartbreaking investgative reporting.
Insurers Said They Could Return Home. Our Tests Found Neurotoxins in Their Bodies. (Gift Article)
A Times investigation has found that insurers are driving families into homes contaminated by smoke. Lab results show how one family was exposed to neurotoxins and carcinogens.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Science-for-Hire alert.
The insurance industry uses the tobacco playbook to lowball payments to residents whose houses are contaminated by toxic chemicals following LA fires.
Thanks @rukminicallimachi.bsky.social, Blacki Migliozzi, @nytimes.com for powerful, heartbreaking investgative reporting.
The insurance industry uses the tobacco playbook to lowball payments to residents whose houses are contaminated by toxic chemicals following LA fires.
Thanks @rukminicallimachi.bsky.social, Blacki Migliozzi, @nytimes.com for powerful, heartbreaking investgative reporting.
Only the best.
2 Republicans, one thrown out of office for bad behavior, the other resigned after conviction for insider trading (pardoned by Trump), are leaving their old states and running in Florida, hoping to get back into Congress.
Next: Trump to run For President of Brazil
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2 Republicans, one thrown out of office for bad behavior, the other resigned after conviction for insider trading (pardoned by Trump), are leaving their old states and running in Florida, hoping to get back into Congress.
Next: Trump to run For President of Brazil
wapo.st/4pbqNrH
December 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Only the best.
2 Republicans, one thrown out of office for bad behavior, the other resigned after conviction for insider trading (pardoned by Trump), are leaving their old states and running in Florida, hoping to get back into Congress.
Next: Trump to run For President of Brazil
wapo.st/4pbqNrH
2 Republicans, one thrown out of office for bad behavior, the other resigned after conviction for insider trading (pardoned by Trump), are leaving their old states and running in Florida, hoping to get back into Congress.
Next: Trump to run For President of Brazil
wapo.st/4pbqNrH
They're co-writing a book on how to stay out of jail by running for high office.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Netanyahu Is in Florida to Meet With President
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
They're co-writing a book on how to stay out of jail by running for high office.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
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Reposted by Jordan Barab
The U.S. Department of Labor boasting about firing over a quarter of a million workers.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer is the Elon Musk of Jack Welches.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer is the Elon Musk of Jack Welches.
December 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The U.S. Department of Labor boasting about firing over a quarter of a million workers.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer is the Elon Musk of Jack Welches.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer is the Elon Musk of Jack Welches.
The U.S. Department of Labor boasting about firing over a quarter of a million workers.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer is the Elon Musk of Jack Welches.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer is the Elon Musk of Jack Welches.
December 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The U.S. Department of Labor boasting about firing over a quarter of a million workers.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer is the Elon Musk of Jack Welches.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer is the Elon Musk of Jack Welches.
With deft use of adjectives, the Washington Post schools Australia, Mamdani, and protesters against Israeli genocide all in one paragraph.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
December 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
With deft use of adjectives, the Washington Post schools Australia, Mamdani, and protesters against Israeli genocide all in one paragraph.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
In 1933, Arturo Toscanini, one of the most famous conductors in the world, refused to return to the Bayreuth Festival in Germany, calling it the "deepest sorrow" of his life, but necessary to protest Hitler's policies.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
Kennedy Center leader rebukes musician who canceled Christmas concert
In a letter, Trump ally Richard Grenell criticized host Chuck Redd for calling off the Jazz Jam after the center’s renaming and threatened to seek $1 million in damages.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In 1933, Arturo Toscanini, one of the most famous conductors in the world, refused to return to the Bayreuth Festival in Germany, calling it the "deepest sorrow" of his life, but necessary to protest Hitler's policies.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
So I guess it's perfectly fine if it's just Muslim killings or Hindu killings or Sikh killings or Rohinga killings, right?
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
U.S. strikes ISIS in Nigeria after Trump warnings on Christian killings
The U.S. military said it attacked Islamic State militants with the approval of Nigerian authorities. The number of casualties is unknown.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
So I guess it's perfectly fine if it's just Muslim killings or Hindu killings or Sikh killings or Rohinga killings, right?
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Important piece by @noamscheiber.bsky.social on why tech workers exercise voice and organized even in tough times. Hint: They realize they are more like each other than their boss. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...
Despite Crackdown on Activism, Tech Employees Are Still Picking Fights
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Important piece by @noamscheiber.bsky.social on why tech workers exercise voice and organized even in tough times. Hint: They realize they are more like each other than their boss. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...
There's no doubt that we need a new Chesapeake Bay Bridge, and no doubt that it should be built faster than planned. But the rhetoric The Washington Post uses comes right out of a conservative think tank or the Trump White House. Sad.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
December 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
There's no doubt that we need a new Chesapeake Bay Bridge, and no doubt that it should be built faster than planned. But the rhetoric The Washington Post uses comes right out of a conservative think tank or the Trump White House. Sad.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Not just children. Anyone descending from immigrants, no matter how long ago, is a problem. Deport them all! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem
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December 24, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Not just children. Anyone descending from immigrants, no matter how long ago, is a problem. Deport them all! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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...
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Weekly Toll - Confined Space
On average, over 100 workers are killed every week in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work. Here are how a few died last week.
jordanbarab.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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...
jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
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The Trump administration had adopted policies condemning a sizable group of its core MAGA supporters — miners, firemen, manufacturing workers — to slow deaths from diseases that cut off their ability to breathe.
Make America Healthy Again? More like how many people can we kill?
Thanks, Tom Edsall.
Make America Healthy Again? More like how many people can we kill?
Thanks, Tom Edsall.
Opinion | Trump’s War on Public Health Is a Battle to the Death
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Trump administration had adopted policies condemning a sizable group of its core MAGA supporters — miners, firemen, manufacturing workers — to slow deaths from diseases that cut off their ability to breathe.
Make America Healthy Again? More like how many people can we kill?
Thanks, Tom Edsall.
Make America Healthy Again? More like how many people can we kill?
Thanks, Tom Edsall.
This is about the funniest thing you'll read all month.
Well, nobody could have foreseen this would be a big mess, except maybe everyone. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
We Let AI Run Our Office Vending Machine. It Lost Hundreds of Dollars.
An AI agent ran a snack operation in the WSJ newsroom. It gave away a free PlayStation, ordered a live fish—and taught us lessons about the future of AI.
www.wsj.com
December 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This is about the funniest thing you'll read all month.
So, I guess we can operate under the assumption that every redacted paragraph contains something incriminating about Trump. Right?
December 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
So, I guess we can operate under the assumption that every redacted paragraph contains something incriminating about Trump. Right?