Regulators and lawmakers are changing the way they operate so they confront the injury crisis brought about by Amazon’s relentless pace.
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PPP aid flooded fast food outlets facing labor complaints
One McDonald’s chain in Chicago received half a million dollars in forgivable federal loans. Then came complaints of COVID-19 safety failures and a deadly outbreak.
Many US workplaces required to report injuries flouted new Labor Department rule
The injury records were released after a Reveal lawsuit, unlocking data the Trump administration had tried to keep secret.
Federal judge sides with Reveal, ruling injury and illness data is public
The decision has far reaching implications and could force the federal government to release tens of thousands of workplace injury reports.
How OSHA has failed to protect America’s workers from COVID-19
Efforts to create a federal rule to protect workers from infectious diseases have dragged on for decades.
Federal lawmakers call on OSHA to release Amazon’s injury records
In the wake of Reveal’s investigation, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ilhan Omar say producing the data “should be quick and easy.”
Shipyard continued to win federal contracts despite probe into worker’s death
A Florida shipyard worker died earlier this year on the job. While OSHA investigated, the Navy and Coast Guard gave the company lucrative contracts.
OSHA won’t collect injury records. Lawsuit says that’s illegal
OSHA doesn’t want companies to submit their employee injury records. A new lawsuit says that violates federal law.
Tesla fired safety official for reporting unsafe conditions, lawsuit says
A former Tesla safety director’s suit says he was fired for reporting unsafe working conditions such as chemical exposures and fires at the company.
Tesla belatedly adds injuries to its books, but it might not face penalties
The electric car company added 13 injuries from 2017 that had been missing when it certified its legally mandated injury report earlier this year.