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.
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Posted inLabor
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.
Posted inInequality, Worked Over
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.
Posted inCOVID-19
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.
Posted inAccountability, Behind the Smiles
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.”
Posted inThe Trump Era, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights
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.
Posted inThe Trump Era, Worked Over
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.
Posted inImpact, Insult to Injury, Worked Over, Workers’ Rights
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.
Posted inInequality, Insult to Injury, Worked Over
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.
Posted inInsult to Injury
Injury at Tesla solar business draws company’s biggest safety fine
OSHA levied the largest safety fine in Tesla’s history against its solar business after a worker in Massachusetts was shocked and burned.