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OSHA: 22 violations worth $258,000 in fines led to a Miami construction diver’s death
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAn investigation into the death of a South Miami-Dade construction company’s diver found lack of...
‘It was super dark’: Company ignored safety risks at KC project before death, workers say
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 6 months agoOn the night 34-year-old Jose Sanchez died, he had been working a late night shift, removing...
Texas Mutual awards EPCC $100K for its risk management program
KTSM via Yahoo News· 2 months agoEL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Texas Mutual Insurance Company is awarding $100,000 grant to El Paso...
Complaint: Fort Worth seniors told to drop capstone projects for class they didn’t need
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoAccording to a teacher’s complaint, one Fort Worth ISD student had to stop working on a solution to...
NYC safety school gave 20K construction workers certificates without training them — directly...
NY Post metro via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAuthorities say the misconduct by a half-dozen executives and employees of Valor Security and...
Boost to worker safety or ‘bad governance’? Commissioners are split on proposed ordinance
State College Centre Daily Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe Centre County Government took its first step toward adopting a Responsible Contractor Ordinance...
Oregon's contract labor system leaves farmworkers vulnerable to exploitation
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLourdes Cortes has worked in agriculture most of her life, save a two-year stint cleaning houses. The 42-year-old thought 10-12 hour days and safety risks were par for the course in agricultural ...
‘We have consistently flirted with death’: Elon Musk wanted the Boring Co. to build a tunnel system...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 2 months agoAn anonymous employee tip kicked off an OSHA investigation that yielded evidence of 36 injuries...
The Pitiful Penalties for Violating Labor Law
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe United States is experiencing an invisible crime spree—by employers. Since 2014, the number of children employed in violation of labor law has...
Training is offered to help residents clean up Lahaina devastation
The Honolulu Star-Advertiser via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoSep. 11—The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement wants to train and certify evacuees of the Lahaina wildfire beginning Friday for Lahaina's recovery. The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement ...