Biden Administration Unveils Plan to Address ‘Silent Killer’ Extreme Heat September 21, 2021 By Matthew Daly WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to protect workers and communities from extreme heat after a dangerously hot...
Small Agency, Big Job: Biden Tasks OSHA With Vaccine Mandate September 17, 2021 By Paul Wiseman WASHINGTON (AP) — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn’t make many headlines. Charged with keeping America’s workplaces safe, it...
Biden Vaccine Mandate Will Test OSHA’s Authority September 13, 2021 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON — The U.S. agency in charge of the Biden administration’s new rules requiring COVID-19 vaccination at many private workplaces...
Fines Appealed After Nitrogen Kills Six at Georgia Plant August 30, 2021 GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Three of four companies are appealing federal workplace safety fines following a January liquid nitrogen leak...
Feds Inspected Illinois Chemical Plant Weeks Before Blast June 16, 2021 A northern Illinois chemical plant that was rocked by an explosion and massive fires that prompted evacuations was inspected by...
Walmart Sales Soared, Essential Workers Got Scant Protection May 14, 2021 COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Sandra Kunz had been worried for her safety while working as a cashier at a...
Complaint May Spur Review of Meat Industry’s Virus Response April 9, 2021 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A union complaint about whether an Oklahoma meatpacking plant is doing enough to protect workers from...
Most U.S. Firms Hit With Covid-19 Safety Fines Aren’t Paying Up February 18, 2021 By Chris Kirkham and Benjamin Lesser U.S. workplace safety regulators have announced more than $4 million in penalties on more than 300 employers they say put...
Regulators Ignored Workers’ COVID-19 Safety Complaints Amid Deadly Outbreaks January 6, 2021 By Chris Kirkham and Benjamin Lesser Miguel Cabezola, a driver for United Parcel Service Inc in Tucson, Arizona, complained on March 27 to U.S. workplace safety...
Acrobats Hurt in Circus Accident Reach $52.5M Settlement December 23, 2020 PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Eight acrobats severely injured when the rigging suspending them by their hair plummeted to the floor...