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OceanGate employee feared CEO could ‘kill himself and others in quest to boost his ego’ with Titanic sub

‘I’m so worried he kills himself and others in the quest to boost his ego,’ a former OceanGate employee wrote in a 2018 email obtained by The New Yorker

The Independent UK

OceanGate employee feared CEO could ‘kill himself and others in quest to boost his ego’ with Titanic sub

‘I’m so worried he kills himself and others in the quest to boost his ego,’ a former OceanGate employee wrote in a 2018 email obtained by The New Yorker

The Independent UK

‘You are going to kill someone’: multiple warnings about Titan sub were ignored

Allegedly cavalier attitude toward safety and focus on ‘innovation’ could have contributed to the deep sea implosion that killed five

The Guardian - US

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OSHA investigating death of audio specialist at Chicago NASCAR course

Duane Tabinski, 53, was killed after accidental contact with electric wires during setup for the race, an autopsy shows.

Chicago Sun-Times

A Texas airport worker who was sucked into a plane's engine died by suicide

The 27-year-old airport worker took his own life in San Antonio on Friday, the local medical examiner said. The incident marked the second fatal aviation engine ingestion so far this year.

WEKU

As Texas swelters, local rules requiring water breaks for construction workers will soon be nullified

Gov. Greg Abbott approved this week a law that will eliminate city and county ordinances like Austin and Dallas’ mandated water breaks.

The Texas Tribune

American Airlines subsidiary fined for safety breach after worker ‘ingested into engine’

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined American Airlines regional carrier Piedmont Airlines for a breach of safety after a worker was “ingested” into the engine of an aircraft in Alabama on New Year’s Eve.

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The Supreme Court Is Not in a 'War on Science'

The Supreme Court is agnostic on questions of science, but clear and resolute on questions of law.

Reason

‘Codes being broken every day’: Dollar General safety violations alarm workers

Federal safety authority Osha has imposed millions in fines on discount retailer which is largest retail chain in US

The Guardian - US

US regulators launch investigation into worker death at Amazon warehouse

Caes Gruesbeck was killed earlier this month from blunt-force trauma while clearing a conveyor belt at an Indiana facility

The Guardian - US

Texas GOP close to eroding Dem power

Gov. Abbott and the bill's supporters have long sought legislation to push back against local regulations

Salon

Murió ayudando a construir la Gigafábrica de Tesla. Tesla no reportó su muerte a funcionarios locales.

Antelmo Ramírez era papá, abuelo y esposo. Su muerte por hipertermia no figura en el informe de Tesla requerido como parte del acuerdo fiscal con el condado de Travis.

Texas Observer

Courts to Rule on Agency Powers: Kiplinger Economic Forecasts

The scope of agency power is under the spotlight in cases in the Supreme and Federal Courts: Kiplinger Economic Forecasts

Kiplinger

US lawmakers call to modernize Osha as hundreds die on the job each day

Reintroduced federal legislation pushes to expand Osha coverage in 24 states not currently covered by the act

The Guardian - US

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Texas Observer

He Died Helping Build Tesla’s Gigafactory. Tesla Didn’t Tell Local Officials.

Antelmo Ramirez was a dad, grandpa, and husband. His death by hyperthermia is absent from a Tesla report required in a county tax deal.

The Independent UK

Explosion rips roof off pharmaceutical plant; worker missing

Officials say an explosion at a pharmaceutical plant in Massachusetts left one worker missing and sent four people to the hospital as a precaution

Salon

Black and Latino worker deaths soar

Federal government spends just $3.99 per worker on workplace safety compliance and “underreporting is widespread"

Chicago Sun-Times

A workplace shouldn’t be hazardous to anyone’s health

Thousands of American workers are sickened or injured on the job every day. Migrant children have been put to work in hazardous jobs, in violation of child labor laws, according to recent news reports. We can do more to protect workers, a labor executive writes.

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Amazon warehouse work is getting safer but still more dangerous than 2020

The overall injury rate at Amazon warehouses declined in the past year, according to two new analyses of injury data.

The Independent UK

Deadly chocolate factory blast highlights combustion risks

Last week’s fatal blast at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory highlighted the combustibility of food plants in general and chocolate making in particular

The Texas Tribune

Texas cities have adopted ordinances to benefit workers. Sweeping legislation could roll many back.

Lawmakers say their bills are needed to provide small businesses with consistent regulations and that regulatory power should be returned to the state. Labor groups say the proposal could undo hard-fought measures to protect workers.

Tribune News Service

Yellowstone Bear World, fined by OSHA, lobbies for bill to nix oversight of wildlife parks

Idaho lawmakers have moved forward with a bill crafted by a Rexburg drive-thru wildlife park that would remove Idaho Fish and Game and Idaho State Department of Agriculture oversight for similar facilities.

WEKU

When train crashes leak harmful chemicals, small town firefighters can be vulnerable

Firefighters are often "woefully under-equipped" to handle train accidents that emit hazardous materials. Most of those serious enough to cause evacuations happened near small towns.

Salon

Neoliberalism will get us all killed

What is safety under neoliberalism? From East Palestine, Ohio to Turkey, we get a devastating answer

The Guardian - US

‘They’re more concerned about profit’: Osha, DoJ take on Amazon’s grueling working conditions

The federal workplace safety agency has issued citations against the company at multiple warehouses for various violations

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