The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Tuesday that it had cited and fined three Weld County companies a combined $247,000 after it determined…
Read more OSHA fines 3 companies $247,000 after 6 die of gas exposure at dairy farm near KeenesburgThe government shutdown can hit you in an unexpected way – alcohol and cannabis A federal shutdown doesn’t just pause bureaucracy—it can have real consequences for workplace safety…
Read more OSHA Closed Can Effect Alcohol And CannabisMuch of the focus on artificial intelligence now centers on its actual and potential capability to improve business productivity and profitability, and its threat to automate countless employees…
Read more AI Might Just Make the Workplace Safer. Here’s WhyGov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that aimed to make it easier for farmworkers to make a workers’ compensation claim for heat illness. SB 1299 would have…
Read more Newsom vetoes bill aiming to increase protections for farmworkers overcome by heatclick to enlarge Tens of thousands of state and municipal employees in Florida have lost their union representation — and their union contracts — this year, due to…
Read more Florida abandoned workplace safety for its public employees and attacked their unions insteadTROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed new standards for fire departments around safety. This 608-page first draft was discussed by local fire…
Read more Local firefighters discuss new proposed OSHA standardsNearly half of Amazon’s employees in the U.S. have reported sustaining injuries at the company’s famously fast-paced warehouses, with some workers reporting they have to take unpaid time…
Read more Nearly half of Amazon warehouse workers suffer injuries and burnout, survey showsSometimes the heat makes you vomit, said Carmen Garcia, a farmworker in the San Joaquin Valley of California. She and her husband spent July in the garlic fields,…
Read more Workers pay the price while Congress and employers debate need for heat regulationsFORT WORTH, Texas — Federal investigators allege that American Airlines, one of the nation’s largest airlines, retaliated against flight attendants who reported illnesses caused by toxic fumes, CBS…
Read more American Airlines retaliated against employees who reported toxic fumes, OSHA says
