Investigator Jim Beck got to the bottom of what happened at the Upper Big Branch coal mine disaster. He died last week from cancer.
Government
Not an “accident”: Chris Williamson suffers fatal work-related injury in Florence, Alabama
This week’s snapshot of just one work-related fatality. This one occurred on June 4 on an electrical pole in Florence, Alabama.
Milestones set, milestones missed. The fiction of OSHA’s regulatory agenda for new worker safety protections.
Injury Control & Violence
Not an “accident”: Juan Carlos Reyes suffers fatal work-related injury in Harlingen, Texas
This week’s snapshot of just one work-related fatality. This one occurred on May 24 at a hotel construction site in Texas.
Addiction & Substance Abuse
White House is the reason children are still working in US tobacco fields
A Human Rights Watch report on children working in US tobacco fields resurrects Obama Administration decisions to abandon a Labor Department regulation to protect youngsters working in agriculture.
Injury Control & Violence
Not an “accident”: Ricardo Ramos suffers fatal work-related injury at Zeeland, Michigan plant
This week’s snapshot of just one work-related fatality. This one occurred on May 10 at a meat processing plant in Michigan.
Yet another study that calculates the extent to which BLS’ data on work-related injuries understates the incidence.
ATSDR epidemiologist Frank Bove, ScD is awarded the 2014 David Ozonoff Unsung Hero Award. He is recognized for his work, most notably, studies examining the relationship between water contamination at Camp Lejeune and birth defects, cancer and other adverse health conditions.
Food Safety & Nutrition
Wayne Farms and Employer Solutions Staffing subject of Alabama poultry workers’ safety complaints
Nine poultry workers filed safety and whistleblower complaints with the Labor Department against the country’s fifth largest poultry company and the temp staffing agency that hired some of them.
The Labor Department announced new regulations to better protect coal miners from developing coal mine dust lung diseases. The are a step in the right direction, but not as stringent as proposed.