Lawsuit Blames Negligence by Plant Owner, HVAC Contractors for Cannabis Worker’s Asthma Death November 29, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A lawsuit has been filed over what has been identified as the cannabis industry’s first asthma workplace death. The mother...
Cannabis Worker Dies on the Job from Asthma Attack, the First Reported Case in US November 20, 2023 By Patrick Whittle The U.S. cannabis production industry’s first reported occupational asthma death took the life of a worker in Massachusetts, federal health...
Federal Investigation Finds Worker Died After Georgia Grain Silo Operator Violated Safety Standards September 20, 2023 COLQUITT, Ga. (AP) — The death of a worker who suffocated in a Georgia grain silo could have been prevented...
Wisc. Sawmill Agrees to Pay $191K After 16-Year-Old Boy Killed on the Job September 11, 2023 By Todd Richmond MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A northern Wisconsin sawmill has agreed to pay nearly $191, 000 and stop hiring children under...
OSHA Probes Chemical Spill at Battery Plant Owned by GM, LG Energy August 24, 2023 By David Shepardson The U.S. workplace safety regulator said on Wednesday it was investigating a recent chemical solvent leak at an Ohio battery...
Five Workers Injured, One Missing After Chemical Plant Explosion May 4, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson One worker is missing and the building is severely damaged after an early morning explosion at a pharmaceutical chemical plant...
Union Alleges Neglect in South Carolina Safety Inspections April 6, 2023 By James Pollard COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina agency tasked with ensuring occupational safety is accused of racial discrimination by failing...
Dollar General Targeted by U.S. for Systemic Work Hazards March 31, 2023 By Brendan Case Dollar General Corp.’s stores are as ubiquitous in small-town America as Starbucks cafes in cities and suburbia. And just like...
Blast at Ohio Metals Plant Sends at Least 13 to Hospitals February 22, 2023 OAKWOOD VILLAGE, Ohio (AP) — An explosion at a metals plant in Ohio on Monday killed one worker and sparked...
OSHA Says Amazon.Com Exposed Workers to Safety Hazards January 19, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK –– A U.S. government agency on Wednesday issued citations against Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O for failing to keep warehouse...