“Sixteen workers are killed a day in the United States because of reckless negligence on the part of their employers,” according to a new Web site.
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Tags: 16 deaths per day, Protecting America's Workers Act, worker deaths
An employee of a government contractor was laid off shortly after expressing safety concerns to upper management at his company. Now OSHA is getting involved.
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Tags: Bering Sea Eccotech, Camp Pendleton Marine base, whistleblower
OSHA takes employee safety complaints seriously, especially when a company has a record of previous infractions.
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Tags: employee safety complaints, Milk Specialties Co., seven-figure OSHA fine
Some tough talk about enforcement from OSHA’s interim administrator, Jordan Barab.
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Backed by more solid majorities in the House and Senate, Democrats have reintroduced the Protecting America’s Workers Act which aims to expand OSHA’s reach and increase the penalties it can issue for safety and health violations.
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Tags: H.R. 2067, increase OSHA fines, Protecting America's Workers Act
OSHA seems to be sending a message to employers via two recent whistleblower orders: When employees raise safety concerns, listen.
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Tags: employees raise safety concerns, Southern Air, UPS, whistleblower
A federal judge has ordered a commercial laundry to pay up in a case involving an employee who claims to have been fired for filing a complaint with OSHA about unsafe conditions.
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Tags: back wages, filing a complaint with OSHA, punitive damages, whistleblower
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