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In the wake of a government audit released last week finding that the USDA’s data supporting its proposed Poultry Rule was “incomplete and antiquated,” Sen.

It has been 12 years since nearly 3,000 Americans died at terrorist hand and since our country saw incredible examples of brave people stepping up to mend the country.

In addition to the trained first responders, countless volunteers, eager to lend a hand, descended upon New York City and Washington, D.C., to rescue fellow Americans and remove debris.

In case you needed another reason to get excited about our upcoming National Worker Safety and Health Conference (you know, besides innovative, interactive workshops and strategy planning sessions), here you go:

National COSH this week joins the Southern Poverty Law Center and other worker and civil rights groups in petitioning OSHA and the USDA to improve worker safety in poultry and meatpacking plants across the country.

At long last, the U.S. Department of Labor has released its proposed silica rule, which would protect workers from excessive exposure to silica dust on the job. (Were you on vacation when it happened, too? Catch up with our press release.)

Proposed Silica Rule Will Protect Thousands of Nation’s Most Vulnerable Workers

Many State-Run Agencies Are Not Adequately Protecting Workers

Annual Evaluation Shows Low Penalties, Insufficient Staffing Plaguing State OSHA Programs

NPR, in partnership with KPCC in Los Angeles, has spearheaded a collective storytelling project through Instagram. The project is called Public Square.

A refrigeration warehouse in Honolulu received a more than $251,000 OSHA fine today for 63 health and safety violations- three willful, 58 serious, and two other-than-serious.

Though it was a pretty routine (albeit pricey) OSHA citation, what stands out to us is the danger workers would have faced had OSHA not shown up.

Wal-Mart has signed a corporate-wide settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor to improve health and safety in each of its 2,857 Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores under federal jurisdiction, OSHA announced today.