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California work safety board approves indoor heat rules, but another state agency raises objections
Read full article: California work safety board approves indoor heat rules, but another state agency raises objectionsAs global warming raises temperatures, a California work safety board has approved standards that would require companies to protect employees from excessive indoor heat, particularly in warehouses.
Federal investigation says SA wire company could have prevented fatal employee injury
Read full article: Federal investigation says SA wire company could have prevented fatal employee injuryAn OSHA investigation revealed that a San Antonio wire company could have prevented the death of one of its employees, according to a press release.
Limited regulations make Texas workers responsible for preventing on-the-job heat injuries
Read full article: Limited regulations make Texas workers responsible for preventing on-the-job heat injuriesIn triple-digit temperatures, drinking water frequently and resting in the shade are minimum safety measures for avoiding injuries and deaths. But they are not applied to every job site.
Man killed after being crushed by slabs of marble identified by medical examiner
Read full article: Man killed after being crushed by slabs of marble identified by medical examinerA man who died after being crushed by several slabs of marble earlier this week at a North Side business has been identified by the Bexar County Medical Examiner.
Amazon worker injuries dip last year, but higher than 2020
Read full article: Amazon worker injuries dip last year, but higher than 2020Amazonās total injury rate for warehouse workers took a dip last year, but injuries were still worse than they were in 2020, according to an analysis released Wednesday by a coalition of labor unions.
Caterpillar employee āimmediately incineratedā after falling into pot of molten iron, OSHA says
Read full article: Caterpillar employee āimmediately incineratedā after falling into pot of molten iron, OSHA saysCaterpillar is being fined $145,000 due to a workplace accident where a new employee was āimmediately incineratedā after falling into an 11-foot-deep pot of molten iron, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
OSHA: Shortfalls found in Amazon severe weather procedure
Read full article: OSHA: Shortfalls found in Amazon severe weather procedureThe federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday its investigation into the deadly collapse of an Amazon warehouse has āraised concerns about the potential risk to employeesā during weather emergencies.
Biden team regroups after court loss on COVID shots-or-test
Read full article: Biden team regroups after court loss on COVID shots-or-testThe White House is pushing ahead with efforts to prod people to get COVID-19 shots after the Supreme Court put a halt to the administrationās sweeping vaccinate-or-test plan for large employers.
Biden administration asks court to allow vaccine mandate
Read full article: Biden administration asks court to allow vaccine mandateThe Biden administration is asking a federal court to let it move ahead with a workplace rule that would require employees at larger companies to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face weekly testing.
Government: Vaccine rule should remain while cases play out
Read full article: Government: Vaccine rule should remain while cases play outThe Biden administration is framing its vaccine mandate for private employers in life-and-death terms in a legal filing that sought to get the requirement back on track after it was halted by a federal court.
JBS Foods cited after worker dies in Colorado chemical vat
Read full article: JBS Foods cited after worker dies in Colorado chemical vatOfficials say meatpacker JBS Foods Inc. faces about $59,000 in fines following the death of a worker who fell into a vat of chemicals used to process animal hides at one of the companyās meat processing facilities in northern Colorado.
Half of Texas' nurses experience workplace violence. A Texas lawmaker says itās time to protect them.
Read full article: Half of Texas' nurses experience workplace violence. A Texas lawmaker says itās time to protect them.āBut I continued working.āFor decades, health care workers have faced rampant violence in the workplace. Well over half of Texas' nurses reported being subject to workplace violence in their career, according to a 2016 state study. State lawmakers have for years heard examples of the violence nurses face. Some health care workers who experience violence may not want to blame or shame violent patients who are ill or affected by medication. Health care workers and experts have said hospitals can add more security guards or metal detectors and instill a culture of violence prevention to help deter workplace violence.
Smithfield Foods pork plant faces OSHA fine from outbreak
Read full article: Smithfield Foods pork plant faces OSHA fine from outbreakSIOUX FALLS, S.D. Four plant workers were killed by the virus during the spring and at least 1,294 workers were sickened. Smithfield Foods, which is based in Virginia, said it planned to contest the citation and $13,494 fine. But large outbreaks at meatpacking plants across the nation soon followed. After President Donald Trump signed an executive order in Apri l deeming meatpacking plants as critical infrastructure, they mostly stayed open.