Amazon Urged to Review Emergency Plans in Wake of Deadly Tornado April 28, 2022 By Spencer Soper Amazon.com Inc. should better prepare workers for extreme weather events, according to federal regulators who investigated a deadly tornado strike...
Illinois Contractor Faces $360,000 in Penalties Over OSHA Violations April 21, 2022 A Waukegan, Illinois contractor – with a history of violating federal safety standards and ignoring safety citations – was cited...
Department of Labor Eyeing Arizona OSHA Plan After ‘Pattern of Failures’ April 20, 2022 The U.S. Department of Labor announced a proposal to reconsider and revoke final approval of Arizona’s State OSHA plan, which...
Texas Metal Fabricator Cited for Exposing Employees to Hazards April 18, 2022 The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Texas metal fabricator for repeatedly exposing employees...
Missouri Contractor Faces $797K in Penalties for Worker Exposure Violations April 7, 2022 Nearly five years after an employee died in a trench collapse, a Missouri contractor exposed two workers to the life-threatening...
Rhode Island Doctor Faces More Allegations by Labor Department March 24, 2022 Federal labor officials are seeking a restraining order to bar a North Providence doctor from retaliating against a former employee...
OSHA Fines Postal Service After North Carolina Worker Loses Arm March 17, 2022 The U.S. Postal Service said it is continuing to investigate an accident at a North Carolina distribution center in September...
Investigation Blames California Zip-line Worker Fatality on Safety Failures March 14, 2022 A federal workplace safety investigation found that a 34-year-old worker’s fatal fall might have been prevented had the operator of...
OSHA Fines Contractors at Philadelphia Amazon Site Over Worker Death February 28, 2022 The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fines against two construction firms working on a...
COVID Underscores Lack of Whistleblower Protections February 22, 2022 By Kristian Hernández Originally posted on Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Inside a partially completed Amazon warehouse here, workers last...