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New Congress on Track to Block Long-Sought Workplace and Public Health Protections

Leave a Comment / workplace safety / By max cyril

An estimated 10,000 Americans die from asbestos-caused diseases each year, a figure that’s considered conservative. Asbestos is no longer mined in the United States but it still exists in products here, perpetuating exposure, especially for workers in construction and other heavy industries. In June 2016, after years of debate, the country’s major chemical regulation law …

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Five Groups of Americans Who’ll Get Shafted Under Trump’s Hiring Freeze

Leave a Comment / President Trump / By max cyril

Donald Trump, in what’s been hyped as an “unprecedented” move, has instituted a freeze on the hiring of federal employees. Hyperbole aside (it’s hardly unprecedented, since Ronald Reagan did the same thing on his first day in office), one thing is already clear: this will hurt a lot of people. Trump’s order exempts military personnel, …

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Tyson Foods Fined $263,000 Over Unsafe Working Conditions In Poultry Plant

Leave a Comment / Workplace Conditions / By max cyril

The government just cracked down on the country’s largest meat and poultry processor for endangering its employees. It all began with a report to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of a finger amputation at a Tyson Foods chicken processing plant in Texas. OSHA investigators determined the worker’s finger got stuck in an unguarded conveyer …

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As Temperatures Climb Across the Country, Workers Will Suffer

Leave a Comment / Uncategorized / By max cyril

The summer of 2016 is barely two weeks old, but this year is already on track to break high temperature records in the United States. On June 20, cities across the Southwest and into Nevada reached all-time triple-digit highs. Meanwhile, every single state experienced spring temperatures above average, with some in the Northwest reaching record highs. These …

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This New Rule Will Make Information About On-the-Job Injuries at Dangerous Workplaces Public

An Outrageous Number Of People Are Hurt And Killed At Work

U.S. To Increase Worker Protection From Deadly Silica Dust for First Time in More Than 40 Years

Leave a Comment / workplace safety / By max cyril

For the first time in 45 years, the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) is poised to increase safety standards for worker exposure to the silica dust that can cause deadly and incurable lung disease. A rule that would cut in half the amount of silica dust to which most workers could be exposed—and limit levels …

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Remembering Day Davis – and Standing Up for Temp Workers

OSHA Secures Robust Injunctive Relief for Whistleblower

Leave a Comment / whistleblower / By max cyril

On May 7, 2015, OSHA obtained a preliminary injunction in a Section 11(c) whistleblower case barring Lear Corporation from further retaliating against the whistleblower, Kimberly King. The injunction is a significant win for whistleblowers because the court’s order broadly construes the scope of protected whistleblowing to include disclosures to the media, and it signals OSHA’s stepped up …

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The Words of Dead Workers

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To give voice to 35 workers killed on the job over the past 35 years at a massive refinery in Texas City, hundreds of surviving family members, co-workers and friends gathered there last month to erect white crosses marked with their names. They conducted the ceremony on the 10th anniversary of an explosion that killed …

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