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In July, a temp worker died from falling into a vat of chocolate. But the owners of the plant, Lyons & Sons, never had a license to make chocolate. Ultimately, one business is really culpable here: Hershey.
David Dayen | Posted 11.10.2009 | Impact
Every day in America, 16 people die at work from employer negligence. That's the backdrop behind a new video and website seeking to highlight the often-neglected issue of worker safety.
David Murray | Posted 10.23.2009 | Chicago
Well, why wouldn't we rename Labor Day after Studs? He narrated this film about workers' health and safety that was banned by Ronald Reagan's OSHA. Most copies were destroyed. But not all.
AP | Posted 09.03.2009 | Denver
DENVER (AP) -- Regulators have proposed fining MillerCoors $128,500 over alleged safety violations at its brewery in Golden. The Occupational Safety ...
Al Norman | Posted 06.26.2009 | Business
Allowing Wal-Mart to buy itself out of criminal prosecution did not sit well with the victim's family. "It's like if they were driving a car and they hit someone, killed him and walked away," said the father of the victim.
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.26.2009 | Business
To reduce that daily toll, to make Workers Memorial Day less memorable, the U.S. Labor Department and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration must be properly funded and empowered.
Washington Post | R. Jeffrey Smith | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics
In early 2001, an epidemiologist at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration sought to publish a special bulletin warning dental technicians ...
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 01.29.2009 | Business
The legacy of George W. Bush's final days in office will be degradation of the environment, endangered species and the safety of working people.
Robert Weissman | Posted 01.29.2009 | Business
In keeping with our tradition of highlighting diverse forms of corporate wrongdoing, we included only one financial company on the 10 Worst list.
ProPublica | Joaquin Sapien and Jesse Nankin | Posted 12.21.2008 | Green
Here is a rundown of rules and regulations that the Bush administration is pushing through the rulemaking process in its waning days. We will update t...
Thomas Frank | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics
At business's urging, business was left up to its own devices; its own devices turned out to be precisely the things that our grandparents set up regulatory agencies to guard against.
Terence M. O'Sullivan | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics
Construction workers face death on the job 20 times more often than miners and 10 times more often than police officers or firefighters. Yet their tragedy too often goes unnoticed.
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David Dayen | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business