Researchers Show How Conversation Spreads Virus Inside Buildings October 1, 2020 With implications for the transmission of diseases like COVID-19, researchers have found that ordinary conversation creates a conical ‘jet-like’ airflow...
Amazon Workers’ Injury Rate Higher Than Industry Average, Report Says September 30, 2020 By Isabelle Lee Amazon.com Inc. warehouse workers in the U.S. are getting hurt at a higher rate than the industry average, according to...
Meat Plant Workers Being Denied Workers’ Compensation for COVID-19: Reuters September 29, 2020 By Tom Hals and Tom Polansek Saul Sanchez died in April, one of six workers with fatal COVID-19 infections at meatpacker JBS USA’s slaughterhouse in Greeley,...
Two Wounded in Connecticut Workplace Shooting, Suspect in Custody September 24, 2020 A shooter opened fire and wounded two people outside a Connecticut business Tuesday and was taken into custody at gunpoint...
Coronavirus Safety: U.S. Behind Global Rivals in Protecting Meat Plant Workers September 22, 2020 By Mike Dorning, Brian Parkin and Ainslie Chandler The U.S. government is falling behind global rivals when it comes to protecting meatpacking workers from Covid-19 infections, even though...
2 Cruise Lines Submit 74 Safety Steps to Convince CDC to Lift No-Sail Order September 22, 2020 A panel set up by Royal Caribbean Group and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. said on Monday it had submitted...
Startups Developing Technologies to Clean Air in Workplaces of Coronavirus September 21, 2020 By Larissa Zimberoff Smithfield Foods Inc. thought it was doing great. In the first quarter of this year, the pork giant’s earnings were...
OSHA Cites Smithfield Foods For Lax Coronavirus Safety for Meat Plant Workers September 11, 2020 By Tom Polansek and P.J. Huffstutter The U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday it cited Smithfield Foods for failing to protect employees from the coronavirus, making...
Hospitals, Nursing Homes Fail to Separate COVID Patients, Putting Others at Risk September 10, 2020 By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News Nurses at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center were on edge as early as March when patients with COVID-19 began to...
Tyson Foods to Pilot Medical Clinics for Workers at Some Meat Plants Next Year September 4, 2020 By Josh Funk Tyson Foods is planning to open medical clinics at several of its U.S. plants to improve the health of its...