‘Dirty Dozen’ Unsafe Employers Putting Workers at Risk May 1, 2024 A retail giant, a space launch operation, a major food processor, the nation’s two biggest rideshare providers and a large...
Apple Must Face Suit Claiming AirTags Are Weapon of Stalkers March 18, 2024 By Rachel Graf Apple Inc. lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that its AirTag devices help stalkers track their victims. US...
Audit Finds Tennessee Prisons Severely Understaffed and Officers Worried for Safety December 21, 2023 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) –Tennessee prisons are severely understaffed, with a vacancy rate at one prison of 61%, leading to unsafe...
Washington College Student Dies, Others Sickened in Apparent Carbon Monoxide Leak December 15, 2023 Authorities brought in outside experts to find the source of carbon monoxide believed to have killed one student and sickened...
11 Sent to Hospital After Ammonia Leak at Southern California Building October 16, 2023 An ammonia leak at a Southern California business sent 11 people to the hospital, authorities said. The leak was reported...
5 Died of Exposure to Chemical in Central Illinois Crash, Preliminary Autopsies Find October 4, 2023 By John O'Connor Five people died from exposure to a chemical that spilled after a semitruck overturned in central Illinois, according to autopsies....
Environmental Groups Urge Regulators to Shut Down California Reactor Over Safety Concerns September 19, 2023 By Michael R. Blood Environmental groups called on federal regulators to immediately shut down one of two reactors at California’s last nuclear power plant...
Tesla Faces More Questions From Feds on Autopilot Safety August 30, 2023 By Hyunjoo Jin and Joseph White The U.S. auto safety regulator investigating Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system is demanding an explanation for a software change that...
US Workers Exposed to Extreme Heat Have No Consistent Protection August 28, 2023 By Gabe Stern Santos Brizuela spent more than two decades laboring outdoors, persisting despite a bout of heatstroke while cutting sugarcane in Mexico...
FAA Holding Runway Safety Meetings After Close Call Incidents August 22, 2023 By David Shepardson The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday it will hold runway safety meetings at 90 airports over the next...