Amazon Warehouse Collapse Probe Finds Worker Safety Risks April 28, 2022 By Haleluya Hadero U.S. regulators are calling on Amazon to improve its procedures for dealing with severe weather like hurricanes and tornadoes that...
Federal OSHA Mulls Yanking Arizona’s Work Safety Oversight April 21, 2022 PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona may lose the authority to oversee its own workplace safety program because of a pattern of...
USPS: Investigation Still Open After Worker Lost Arm March 16, 2022 GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is continuing to investigate an accident at a North Carolina distribution center...
COVID Underscores Lack of Whistleblower Protections February 22, 2022 By Kristian Hernández FORT WORTH, Texas — Inside a partially completed Amazon warehouse here, workers last summer walked on conveyor belts four stories...
Nebraska Business Owners Sentenced, Fined for Safety Violations, False OSHA Documents January 19, 2022 Two owners of an Omaha company were sentenced Friday to federal prison for knowingly violating worker safety standards, leading to...
OSHA Opens Probe Into Amazon Warehouse Fatal Collapse in Illinois December 14, 2021 By Richa Naidu EDWARDSVILLE, Ill.–The U.S. workplace safety watchdog is investigating the circumstances around the collapse during Friday night’s storm of an Amazon.com...
Vaccine Mandates Are in Limbo While Employers Wait Out Biden Rules November 30, 2021 By Jeff Green Almost a third of companies say they will only impose a vaccine requirement for employees if President Joe Biden’s shot-or-test...
U.S. Govt. Asks Court to Immediately Lift Stay on COVID Vaccine Rule November 23, 2021 By Tom Hals The U.S. government asked a federal appeals court to immediately lift a court-ordered stay on a sweeping workplace COVID-19 vaccine...
Lawsuits Challenging Biden Workplace Vaccine Rule Sent to 6th Circuit November 17, 2021 By Tom Hals A judicial panel on Tuesday consolidated 34 lawsuits challenging the Biden administration’s workplace COVID-19 vaccine rule in the 6th U.S....
Whistleblowers to Play Key Role in Enforcing Vaccine Mandate November 10, 2021 By Paul Wiseman WASHINGTON (AP) — To enforce President Joe Biden’s forthcoming COVID-19 mandate, the U.S. Labor Department is going to need a...