A metal foundry and casting company in Walla Walla, Washington, faces a $93,600 fine for violating more than 40 health and safety regulations. A Washington State Department of Labor & Industries inspection reportedly found Walla Walla Foundry Inc. violated a …
Amazon is facing a willful serious violation and a $60,000 fine for knowingly putting workers at risk of injury at its fulfillment center in Kent, Washington. A Washington Department of Labor & Industries inspection at the e-commerce giant reportedly found …
A central Montana coal mine must pay a $1 million fine for violating environmental and employee safety regulations by failing to report worker injuries and improperly disposing of mine waste, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Montana said. Signal Peak Energy, …
California’s more than half-million fast food workers would get increased power and protections under a first-in-the-nation measure approved by the state Assembly this week. Workers would be included alongside employers and state agencies on a new Fast-Food Sector Council to …
CHENNAI – Apple Inc supplier Foxconn restarted production at its plant in southern India on Wednesday, a company official said, over three weeks after it was closed because of protests over workers falling sick. The company official, speaking to Reuters …
The Washington Department of Labor & Industries issued a combined $768,000 in fines against three Washington roofing companies for reportedly allowing workers to roof on top of homes without using fall protection and for other safety violations. Always Roofing of …
Apple Inc supplier Foxconn is unlikely to reopen its shuttered iPhone manufacturing facility in southern India until Jan. 7, a senior government official familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Foxconn plant, located in the state of Tamil Nadu, was …
SRIPERUMBUDUR, India — For women who assembled iPhones at a Foxconn plant in southern India, crowded dorms without flush toilets and food sometimes crawling with worms were problems to be endured for the paycheck. But when tainted food sickened over …
Apple Inc. put Foxconn Technology Group’s factory in southern India on probation following worker protests and an investigation that revealed substandard living conditions. Foxconn, which uses the facility to assemble iPhones among other gadgets, apologized for the lapses in health …
A Los Angeles utility worker was electrocuted while working in an electrical vault, authorities said. The accident occurred shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday on Terminal Island in Los Angeles harbor. “While working as part of a cable splicing crew performing …
