New Mexico Revoked Licenses of Cannabis Growers and Fined Them $2M for Safety, Other Violations January 9, 2024 By Susan Montoya Bryan New Mexico marijuana regulators revoked the licenses of two growing operations in a rural county for numerous violations and have...
New Jersey Casino Workers Light Up in State House to Protest Smoking in Workplace December 18, 2023 By Wayne Parry With prospects for a smoking ban in Atlantic City`s casinos looking hazier than ever, workers who want smoking banned took...
Service Workers Union Asks Feds to Oversee South Carolina’s ‘Lax’ Safety Agency December 8, 2023 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — One of the largest labor organizations in the United States petitioned the federal government on Thursday...
Visiting Nurse’s Killing at Halfway House Renews Pleas for Home Health Care Safety December 8, 2023 By Dave Collins and Pat Eaton-Robb The killing of a Connecticut nurse making a house call in October was a nightmare come true for an industry...
At SpaceX, Worker Injuries Soar in Elon Musk’s Rush to Mars November 13, 2023 By Marisa Taylor One windy night at Elon Musk’s SpaceX facility in McGregor, Texas, Lonnie LeBlanc and his co-workers realized they had a...
Boston Begins Requiring Contractors to File and Vow to Implement Site Safety Plans November 7, 2023 The city of Boston will begin requiring construction and demolition contractors to file site-specific safety plans and attest to following...
Amazon Injuries More Widespread Than Thought, Study Says October 26, 2023 By Matt Day More than two-thirds of Amazon.com Inc. US warehouse workers surveyed by researchers reported that they took unpaid time off to...
New York Roofing Contractor Ordered to Provide Fall Protection for Workers October 26, 2023 The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent injunction ordering a Rockland County roofing contractor and its principal to...
Memorial Honors 1911 Factory Fire Deaths That Galvanized Push for Workplace Safety October 13, 2023 By Deepti Hajela On March 25, 1911, 146 people, mostly young female immigrants, were killed when a fire broke out at the Triangle...
Target Closes Nine NYC, West Coast Stores to Stop Losses From Rising Theft September 27, 2023 By Brendan Case Target Corp. is closing nine stores in four states to stem losses from rising retail theft. One Manhattan location will...