The Pulitzer Prize for journalism that performs a public service has has been awarded to New York Times reporters David Barstow and Lowell Bergman for a total of six long articles exposing widespread occupational safety and health violations in U.S. industry. The first series of three articles, "Dangerous Business", published in January 2003, was a collaboration by both authors. The second series, "When Workers Die", published in December 2003, was written by Barstow.

"Dangerous Business"
Articles in this series examine how the government deals with the most serious cases of death on the job

• A Trench Caves In; a Young Worker Is Dead. Is It a Crime?
• California Leads in Making Employer Pay for Job Deaths
• U.S. Rarely Seeks Charges for Deaths in Workplace

"When Workers Die"
Articles in this series examine the safety and environmental record of McWane Inc., one of the world's largest makers of cast-iron pipes.

• Family's Profits, Wrung From Blood and Sweat
• At a Texas Foundry, an Indifference to Life
• Deaths on the Job, Slaps on the Wrist