An OSHA official confirms to the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) that a “top-to-bottom review” of the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) has been completed and recommendations on changes are being considered.

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Tags: Center for Public Integrity, David Michaels, Jordan Barab, VPP, worker deaths

Attention, those who believe that OSHA has gone overboard with its workplace safety regulations: You’ve got one less fact to support your argument. When all is said and done, the final count of worker fatalities in 2010 will be higher than in 2009.

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Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, California, construction, Florida, homicides, New Hampshire, OSHA regulations, Pennsylvania, Texas, transportation, violence, worker deaths

“Sixteen workers are killed a day in the United States because of reckless negligence on the part of their employers,” according to a new Web site.

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Tags: 16 deaths per day, Protecting America's Workers Act, worker deaths

Two executives and two companies face prison time and huge financial penalties in connection with the deaths of five workers in a workplace fire.

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Tags: RPI Coating, worker deaths, workplace fire, Xcel Energy