August 4, 2023
The U.S. workplace safety regulator said Amazon.com Inc has subjected workers at yet another of its sprawling warehouses to hazardous conditions by imposing onerous production quotas and failing to provide proper medical care. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety …
July 26, 2023
OSHA has awarded Cardinal IG Waxahachie, a glass manufacturer and provider based in Waxahachie, Texas, with a “Star” designation for excellence in workplace safety and health management. The action follows an OSHA audit at the company’s Waxahachie facility. The agency …
July 19, 2023
Federal workplace safety inspectors at two Tampa, Florida-area Dollar General stores said they found the company again exposing employees to fire hazards and other unsafe conditions, continuing the long history of worker safety issues found at one of the nation’s …
June 23, 2023
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has opened a Senate investigation into Amazon’s warehouse safety practices, the latest in a series of probes he’s initiated against big corporations in his role as chairman of a committee that oversees health and labor issues. …
June 22, 2023
Legislation aimed at protecting New York warehouse workers from “unreasonably demanding work quotas” is now in effect. New York Governor Kathy Hochul said the Warehouse Worker Protection Act includes new requirements for distribution centers to disclose work speed data to …
June 1, 2023
Britain’s leading business lobby group set out a series of proposals Wednesday that it hopes can secure its future following a string of allegations of inappropriate behavior that led to the cancellation of membership subscriptions from some of the country’s …
May 23, 2023
U.S. labor officials on Monday said they have asked Mexico to investigate alleged worker rights abuses at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co plant in Mexico in the latest “rapid response” probe under North American trade rules. The complaint from …
May 19, 2023
An employee’s first day of work at a southern New Jersey manufacturing facility ended tragically when he suffered the amputation of three fingers while operating a press brake without required safety guards, similar to violations cited by federal safety investigators …
May 18, 2023
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Georgia wood-treating company and its maintenance firm for exposing workers to high levels of arsenic, actions that could result in as much as $180,000 in fines. OSHA opened an investigation …
May 16, 2023
A worker died after being injured at an Amazon warehouse in Fort Wayne in an incident that closed the facility for the rest of the day, authorities said. Emergency medical crews were called to an Amazon Fulfillment Center about noon …