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Trench collapses have killed hundreds of workers in the U.S. over the last decade

6:00am July 21, 2024

More than 250 people have died since 2013 when trenches they were working in caved in. In most cases, the employers failed to follow basic government regulations for making trenches safe.

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Trench collapses have killed hundreds of workers in the U.S. over the last decade

6:00am July 21, 2024

More than 250 people have died since 2013 when trenches they were working in caved in. In most cases, the employers failed to follow basic government regulations for making trenches safe.

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A field worker uproots weeds in between rows of hops on a farm near Sunnyside, Wash., on June 14, 2023.

Politics & Government

It's hot. For farmworkers without federal heat protections, it could be life or death

5:00am July 10, 2023

Amid extreme heat, there are few federal protections for workers during hot temperatures. The Biden administration wants to change that but the rule making process is long and the heat won't wait.

A Delta Air Lines plane is seen waiting in April at the Austin-Bergstrom International airport in Austin, Texas.

National

A Texas airport worker died after being sucked into the engine of a Delta plane

2:07pm June 26, 2023

by Emily Olson

For the second time in nearly seven months, an airport worker was killed after being pulled into an operating jet engine. The latest incident occurred Friday night in San Antonio, Texas.

Used tires stacked at a Goodyear auto service location in South San Francisco, Calif., on July, 2020.

Why the government fails to limit many dangerous chemicals in the workplace

1:31pm December 15, 2022

by Sharon Lerner

The U.S. agency that's supposed to protect workers' health has all but given up on setting limits on a dangerous chemical released in tire manufacturing. Meanwhile, workers are dying.

Politics & Government

OSHA investigation finds serious violations at Greensboro USPS facility after worker loses arm

10:31pm March 13, 2022

by Paul Garber

The U.S. Department of Labor has cited and fined the U.S.

Health & Safety

Years before fire, Winston Weaver Company was fined thousands for OSHA violations

5:20pm February 22, 2022

by April Laissle

Years before a fire at the Winston-Weaver Fertilizer Plant prompted a mass evacuation, the company was fined thousands of dollars by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

A new federal rule requires hospitals and other high-risk health care settings to implement COVID-19 safety measures, including providing personal protective equipment to workers, ensuring proper ventilation and giving workers paid time off to get vaccina

Health & Safety

Federal COVID Workplace Safety Rules Are Here. But Only For Health Care Workers

4:45pm June 10, 2021

by Andrea Hsu

The Biden administration has issued an emergency rule that requires health care employers to take steps to protect their workers from COVID-19.

Workers are shown leaving the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Logansport, Ind., in May. A House subcommittee is investigating the Trump administration's handling of COVID-19 outbreaks at meatpacking plants, focusing on the Occupational Safety and Hea

Meatpacking Companies, OSHA Face Investigation Over Coronavirus In Plants

3:39pm February 01, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis is seeking documents from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, as well as three of the country's largest meatpacking companies.

Some Smithfield Foods workers and their families have protested against the company's decision not to close plants amid the coronavirus pandemic.

National

Some Meatpackers Question New COVID-19 Safety Guidelines

2:53pm May 11, 2020

by Christina Stella

OSHA issued new safety guidelines recently, but some meatpacking workers and worker advocates, wonder whether the rules protect employees, or employers.