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What we know about the Dali, the cargo vessel that crashed into Baltimore’s Key Bridge
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What we know about the Dali, the cargo vessel that crashed into ...
Quick Glance: Wife of Baltimore bridge collapse survivor reveals workers' situation during tragedy
  • The wife of a construction worker who survived the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse describes it as a miracle that he survived as he cannot swim.

  • Julio Cervantes was one of eight construction workers on the bridge when the Dali cargo ship crashed into a support pillar, causing the bridge to collapse into the Patapsco River.

  • Search teams successfully located two individuals in the Port of Baltimore related to the bridge collapse incident.

  • President Joe Biden has committed to rebuilding the bridge promptly, with the National Transportation Safety Board conducting an investigation into the incident.
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Dead Workers, Severed Limbs Missing from Railroad Safety Data: Thanks to government loopholes, rail companies haven’t been scrutinized by the Federal Railroad ...
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Dead Workers, Severed Limbs Missing from Railroad Safety Data
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Boeing whistleblower John Barnett found dead: Barnett, a quality manager who retired in 2017 after several decades with Boeing, had raised quality-control and ...
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Boeing whistleblower John Barnett found dead
Quick Glance: Boeing Whistleblower’s Legal Battle Could Continue Posthumously, Lawyer Asserts
  • A whistleblower and former Boeing inspector who passed away before his case concluded could have his matter heard posthumously, as per a legal expert.

  • Barnett's death should not halt the claim, as his estate could step in as the complainant, stated whistleblower attorney Stephen Kohn.

  • Boeing denied retaliating against Barnett but failed to dismiss the plaintiff's case.

  • Barnett's attorneys urged local police to continue investigating despite the coroner's initial ruling.
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Watch a Happy Little Robot Off-Road Inside a Grain Bin to Help Farmers: It's so satisfying to watch it work.
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Watch a Happy Little Robot Off-Road Inside a Grain Bin to Help Farmers
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Florida passes ‘cruel’ bill curbing water and shade protections for workers: Industry pressure has led state to prevent any city, county or municipality from ...
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Florida passes ‘cruel’ bill curbing water and shade protections for ...
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N.J. branch of central Pa. food company cited for unsafe conditions: OSHA is proposing $463,224 in penalties.
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N.J. branch of central Pa. food company cited for unsafe conditions
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Newsom halts effort to protect California workers from indoor heat: New standards to protect employees who work in hot indoor settings were dealt a setback when ...
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Newsom halts effort to protect California workers from indoor heat
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Amazon reports ‘measurable progress’ on worker safety; critics object: Amazon’s safety data shows a decline in its warehouse injury rate in 2023 ...
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Amazon reports ‘measurable progress’ on worker safety; critics object
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Komodo dragon attacks Akron Zoo employee: The employee was bitten multiple times by the animal March 3 in the Zoo’s Komodo Kingdom employee service area.
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Komodo dragon attacks Akron Zoo employee
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In late 2021, an electrical supervisor in Pittsburg, Calif., was killed after opening a breaker panel without wearing the proper safety equipment ... Show more
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Long-awaited California safeguards against hot workplaces delayed again: On Thursday, an expected vote on rules that would protect workers from excessive heat ...
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Long-awaited California safeguards against hot workplaces delayed again
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Landmark heat rules for California workers left in doubt: Cal/OSHA has voted to adopt new heat illness prevention standards for indoor workers ...
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Landmark heat rules for California workers left in doubt
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Richmond firm faces $258K in fines after worker died in trench: Hurtado Construction faces $257,811 in penalties after OSHA found the company disregarded ...
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Richmond firm faces $258K in fines after worker died in trench
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OSHA Cites Texas Contractor After Trench Collapse Kills 18-Year-Old Employee: Hurtado Construction Co. has a history of past OSHA citations and officials said ...
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At least 355 Texans died last year of heat-related illnesses as higher temperatures arrived earlier and stay longer. In Bexar County ...
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Pennsylvania Expands Work Zone Safety Camera Program: Pennsylvania has launched a new work zone speed safety camera program, expanding on a successful pilot ...
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Pennsylvania Expands Work Zone Safety Camera Program
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Gavin Newsom makes statement on Cal-OSHA staffing problem. Advocates say it’s not enough
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Gavin Newsom makes statement on Cal-OSHA staffing problem ...
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Atlanta manufacturer fined for employees’ cancer-chemical exposure: Federal authorities have fined an Atlanta manufacturer $239,439 for a series of health and ...
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Atlanta manufacturer fined for employees’ cancer-chemical exposure
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NC farm cited for OSHA violations, ordered to pay fine after worker’s 2023 death: Nash County, Spring Hope farm, Barnes Farming violated OSHA rules when worker ...
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NC farm cited for OSHA violations, ordered to pay fine after worker’s 2023 ...
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Worker death in Louisiana confined space showcases dangerous trend: Early this year, Elmer Perez began his Monday shift at 9 a.m., welding inside a ship at ...
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Worker death in Louisiana confined space showcases dangerous trend
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Florida Senate passes bill banning local heat protections for workers: The Florida State Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would prohibit local agencies from ...
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Florida Senate passes bill banning local heat protections for workers
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'Rust' armorer found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in on-set shooting: The jury began deliberations on Wednesday.
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'Rust' armorer found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in on-set shooting
Quick Glance: Rust armorer convicted in Halyna Hutchins' death
  • Movie set weapons handler Hannah Gutierrez-Reed found guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

  • She faces up to 18 months in jail and was acquitted of evidence tampering.

  • Actor Alec Baldwin to face manslaughter trial in July.

  • Hutchins' family satisfied with the verdict, seeking justice for her death.
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A new rule could help empower workers during safety inspections: The rule would allow workers to request a third-party representative, such as a union leader ...
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A new rule could help empower workers during safety inspections
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New York roofing contractor pleads guilty to OSHA violation involving worker's death in 2022
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New York roofing contractor pleads guilty to OSHA violation involving ...
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Musk's Boring Co. workers faced chemical burns: report: Some tunnel workers at Elon Musk's Boring Co. were left scarred from the chemical burns ...
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Musk's Boring Co. workers faced chemical burns: report
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Fort Worth ISD high school students run on-campus grocery store to address food insecurity
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Fort Worth ISD high school students run on-campus grocery store to address ...
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Despite hazardous working conditions, many states are rolling back child labor laws
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Despite hazardous working conditions, many states are rolling back child ...
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Mother of 16-year-old who died at Mississippi poultry plant files lawsuit: The mother of a 16-year-old who died at a Mississippi poultry plant has filed a ...
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Mother of 16-year-old who died at Mississippi poultry plant files lawsuit
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Widow of Dallas mail carrier who died in 2023 to be State of the Union guest: Carla Gates is the second Dallas-area woman invited to President Joe Biden’s March ...
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Widow of Dallas mail carrier who died in 2023 to be State of the Union ...
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Mom of engineer killed in iron plant mishap: ‘Better God take my boy’ - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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Mom of engineer killed in iron plant mishap: ‘Better God take my boy’ - ...
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'Summer Was Scary': Amazon Fined for Not Giving Workers Enough Shade, Water: Workers were made to take heat breaks under a plane wing and couldn't sit down ...
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'Summer Was Scary': Amazon Fined for Not Giving Workers Enough Shade ...
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Hordes of thunderous, harmless cicadas are coming. It's normal to feel a little dread.
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Hordes of thunderous, harmless cicadas are coming. It's normal to feel a ...
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Documents detail OceanGate’s battle with whistleblower years before fatal Titan submersible implosion
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Documents detail OceanGate’s battle with whistleblower years before fatal ...
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First Aid Kits for Businesses: Stay Prepared With Our Picks: First aid kits are essential in the workplace in case of an injury or emergency ...
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First Aid Kits for Businesses: Stay Prepared With Our Picks
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With Illegal Child Labor On The Rise, Mom Sues Poultry Plant After Her 16-Year-Old Died On The Job
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With Illegal Child Labor On The Rise, Mom Sues Poultry Plant After Her ...
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Poultry processor hit with $200,000 fine after teen employee killed: The teenager was the second worker killed at the Mississippi facility in a little over two ...
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Poultry processor hit with $200,000 fine after teen employee killed
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Cal/OSHA investigating death at North Bay grocery store: Vallejo firefighters responded to a call for a medical emergency at La Tapatia Market on Feb ...
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Cal/OSHA investigating death at North Bay grocery store
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Brooklyn jail construction worker’s 2023 death led to safety probe: Yong Chin Son fell 18 feet through a hole covered by loose planks on the 11th story of the ...
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Brooklyn jail construction worker’s 2023 death led to safety probe
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Elon Musk Las Vegas Loop Tunnel Has Construction Safety Issues: The Boring Company’s tiny Las Vegas Loop is all that’s come of Musk’s promises to build superfast ...
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Elon Musk Las Vegas Loop Tunnel Has Construction Safety Issues
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Wife of injured SpaceX worker left in coma sues for negligence: report: Francisco Cabada's skull was fractured and he remains in a coma after the January 2022 ...
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Wife of injured SpaceX worker left in coma sues for negligence: report
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$82,000 of violations led to a worker being crushed to death in Broward, OSHA says
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$82,000 of violations led to a worker being crushed to death in Broward ...
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Alabama Gets Ready for Its Gas-Execution Experiment: After submitting Kenneth Eugene Smith to a failed lethal-injection execution in 2022 ...
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Alabama Gets Ready for Its Gas-Execution Experiment
Quick Glance: Alabama's First Execution with Nitrogen Gas: What Happened and What's Next
  • Kenneth Smith was executed using nitrogen hypoxia, marking the nation’s first known execution with this method.

  • Smith, 58, sentenced to death for a 1988 murder-for-hire, previously survived a failed lethal injection attempt in 2022.

  • His legal team lost a final appeal to the US Supreme Court on Thursday evening, voicing concern about potential pain or torture from nitrogen hypoxia.

  • Alabama's Attorney General expects many states to follow their example and is ready to assist in implementing this method.
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OSHA charges against LMCS, Paria in limbo - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday: A ruling by this country's highest court, the Privy Council, will determine whether 12 ...
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OSHA charges against LMCS, Paria in limbo - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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Want to work for Cal-OSHA? Here are the current job openings, salary info and how to apply
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Want to work for Cal-OSHA? Here are the current job openings ...
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Amazon Made Airport Workers Toil In 100-Degree Heat Without Shade: The trillion-dollar online retailer plans to appeal Cal/OSHA citations and $14,625 in fines.
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Amazon Made Airport Workers Toil In 100-Degree Heat Without Shade
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As China powers ahead on electric vehicles, it is also flagging likely health hazards at battery plants
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Multiple Amputations at Ohio Facility Spark Federal Investigation: Musical instrument manufacturer Conn-Selmer could face penalties of up to $273 ...
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Multiple Amputations at Ohio Facility Spark Federal Investigation
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U.S. investigators examining collapsed Boise airplane hangar that killed 3: U.S. federal investigators were working Thursday to try to determine what caused a ...
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U.S. investigators examining collapsed Boise airplane hangar that killed 3
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OSHA fines construction contractor $264,000 for exposing workers to deadly fall hazards at Naperville job site
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OSHA fines construction contractor $264,000 for exposing workers to deadly ...
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14 violations at a Miami Beach house where a worker, 22, was killed, OSHA says: Homestead, Florida’s Stucco Works, run by Miguel Jimenez and Christopher Jimenez ...
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14 violations at a Miami Beach house where a worker, 22, was killed ...
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Tallahassee bills aim to kill efforts by counties to protect workers from extreme heat
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Tallahassee bills aim to kill efforts by counties to protect workers from ...
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OSHA fines Sherwin-Williams for safety violations in Garland: Paint giant Sherwin-Williams may have to pay nearly $300,000 in fines after OSHA accused the ...
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OSHA fines Sherwin-Williams for safety violations in Garland
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Commentary: Basic protections essential to protect outdoor workers from heat: A pair of competing legislative bills would either decrease or increase the relief ...
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Commentary: Basic protections essential to protect outdoor workers from ...
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California lawmakers blast safety agency over farmworker conditions: The California Legislature held a hearing about 'state failures' regarding farmworker and ...
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California lawmakers blast safety agency over farmworker conditions
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Kentucky investigating reports of mold at Ford, SK On's new EV battery plant: OSHA enforcement reports show multiple inspections opened at the Ford ...
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Kentucky investigating reports of mold at Ford, SK On's new EV battery ...
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US regulatory system failed to prevent thousands of deaths in frontline workers during the pandemic, analysis finds
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US regulatory system failed to prevent thousands of deaths in frontline ...
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The Occupational Safety and Health Authority and Agency (OSHA) has already filed a matter against Paria Fuel Trading Company Ltd and Land and Marine and ... Show more
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The Law: Protecting your company from problem people: Employees need training in handling workforce violence
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The Law: Protecting your company from problem people
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Palisades Tahoe avalanche: Who's responsible for ensuring ski safety?: No government agency is specifically tasked with certifying the safety of ski terrain ...
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Palisades Tahoe avalanche: Who's responsible for ensuring ski safety?
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OSHA: Bay Shore employer of man killed in trench collapse had safety violations: The Bay Shore firm paid a $10,000 fine for six safety violations in 2016 ...
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OSHA: Bay Shore employer of man killed in trench collapse had safety ...
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The Incorruptible Moral Compass of Dr. Sidney Wolfe: He was a fierce advocate of single-payer or full Medicare for All, without the present loopholes and ...
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The Incorruptible Moral Compass of Dr. Sidney Wolfe
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Dr. Sidney Wolfe's Towering Life of Public Service: For Sid, outrage was a moral imperative; the only humane response to inhumane policies and practices.
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Dr. Sidney Wolfe's Towering Life of Public Service
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Heat-Related Death of Postal Worker Leads to Controversial Fine: OSHA says the U.S. Postal Service failed to teach mail carriers about heat safety
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Heat-Related Death of Postal Worker Leads to Controversial Fine
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California is poised to protect workers from extreme heat – indoors: Only a few states have rules to protect workers from the growing threat of extreme heat ...
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California is poised to protect workers from extreme heat – indoors
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Rift over when to use N95s puts health workers at risk again: Experts warn front line workers may again be at risk if the CDC takes its committee’s advice on ...
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Rift over when to use N95s puts health workers at risk again
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Why Most Wisconsin Dairy Workers Are Excluded From Workers’ Compensation: Wisconsin’s exemption for small farms is one of many federal and state carve-outs that ...
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Why Most Wisconsin Dairy Workers Are Excluded From Workers’ Compensation
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Railroad Supervisors Go to Extremes to Hide Worker Injuries: Railroad officials have lied, spied and bribed to keep workers’ injuries off the books ...
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Railroad Supervisors Go to Extremes to Hide Worker Injuries
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Rift over when to use N95s puts health workers at risk again: In early November, the committee released a controversial set of recommendations the CDC is ...
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Rift over when to use N95s puts health workers at risk again
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Facing fines, cluttered aisles and late-night mockery, Dollar General's returning CEO tries to drive a turnaround
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Facing fines, cluttered aisles and late-night mockery, Dollar General's ...