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Federal Safety Rules Should Extend to Railroad Track Workers

An investigation into last year’s spike in the number of deaths among track workers has concluded that some federal workplace safety standards should be extended to railroads. A report approved Wednesday at a meeting of the National Transportation Safety Board …

Painting Firm Owner Charged in Pennsylvania Worker’s Death

The owner of a western Pennsylvania painting company has been charged with willfully violating federal workplace safety standards when one of his employees was electrocuted while painting the outside of a building near some power lines. The federal Occupational Safety …