Workers Memorial Day, as you’re all aware, is a day to mourn for those killed in the workplace and fight for the living. Events were held all over …2023 Workers Memorial Day: Every Worker is More than a Number
April 28 is Workers Memorial Day, commemorating those killed, sickened, or injured on the job. As part of a week of events, today the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health is releasing its “Dirty Dozen” report. Here are four of the employers COSH has picked out for the “Dirty Dozen” distinction in 2023 because … Continue reading ‘Dirty Dozen’ Dangerous Employers Named for Workers Memorial Day | Labor Notes
Similar citation issued at company facility in New Jersey in 2016 WASHINGTON - An ongoing investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found Amazon failed to provide adequate medical treatment for traumatic and chronic injuries at a fulfillment center in Castleton, New York. OSHA determined that the company failed to … Continue reading US Department of Labor finds Amazon failed to provide injured employees proper medical treatment at Castleton, New York, fulfillment facility
US Department of Labor announces launch of ‘Beat the Heat’ contest OSHA seeking new tools to increase awareness of heat hazards at work WASHINGTON – Do you have an idea for helping workers stay safe in the heat? The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced the launch of a nationwide … Continue reading US Department of Labor announces launch of ‘Beat the Heat’ contest
By Phil La DukeAuthor: Stop! Don’t Shoot. Preparing for and Surviving Mass Shootings and Rampage Attacks https://a.co/d/2uUPQj4 I Know My Shoes Are …Are Safety Practitioners Hypocrites?
Workplace Violence Back on Congressional Agenda Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) re-introduced bipartisan, bicameral…Dispatches from the Front Lines of Workplace Safety and Health
By Eric J. Conn and Beeta B. Lashkari We wanted to provide a little status report about OSHA’s quiet rulemaking for a permanent COVID-19 Standard for…A Status Update About OSHA’s Rulemaking For a Permanent COVID-19 Rule for Healthcare
Like certain politicians, some government agencies just have no shame. Despite widespread condemnation by fire investigation experts and the citizens…ATF Doubles Down on Unscientific Finding of Arson in 2013 West Fertilizer Blast
José Velásquez Castellano started working in agriculture when he was 13 years old. Ten-hour days, five or six days a week, in North Carolina's summer heat. It was sometimes blueberries, sometimes cucumbers — but mostly, it was tobacco. "Its prime hits right at the peak of summer," Castellano told NPR, and the tobacco created a … Continue reading 12-year-olds can’t buy cigarettes — but they can work in tobacco fields : NPR
It was exactly a ten years ago tonight that that my wife called me from another room to say she had just seen something on TV about a big explosion …The West Fertilizer Explosion Ten Years Later
Last week workers were crushed in a trench collapse, machinery and by a falling pipe. A worker died of a fungal infection, others were killed in …Weekly Toll: How Workers Died Last Week
Employers Take Notice! 4 Questions to Consider After OSHA Cites Security Company for Active Shooter Incident Insights 4.10.23 The unfortunate uptick in active shooter events has led federal workplace safety officials to focus their sights on employers and whether they should be held responsible for the results of tragic events on their premises. Most recently, … Continue reading Employers Take Notice! 4 Questions to Consider After OSHA Cites Security Company for Active Shooter Incident | Fisher Phillips
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