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News Articles: OSHA

BioLab’s Conyers facility, operated by KIK Consumer Products, on April 3, 2025.

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  • News

OSHA blames chemical storage for BioLab fire. A former worker says she had safety concerns

OSHA cites BioLab for chemical storage violations tied to 2024 Conyers fire, proposing over $61,000 in fines.

April 08, 2025
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By:
  • Pamela Kirkland
Construction of the Hyundai Metaplant, on March 20, 2024, in Bryan County, GA. Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current

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  • Business

OSHA investigating one Hyundai affiliate in Georgia

The federal agency has no record of four of at least 20 workplace injuries at the Savannah-area EV manufacturing plant.

September 05, 2024
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By:
  • Amira McKee
Construction of the Hyundai Metaplant, on March 20, 2024, in Bryan County, GA. Credit: Justin Taylor/The Current

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  • News

Worker injuries mount as giant Hyundai project nears completion

Documents reveal at least 20 traumatic injuries at sprawling site — and fewer OSHA inspections.

August 20, 2024
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By:
  • Amira McKee
Melinda Mattocks-Ushry holds a photo of her brother Kelvin “Chuck” Mattocks at her home in New Bern, N.C., on Dec. 5, 2023.

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  • Investigations

Trench collapses have killed hundreds of workers in the U.S. over the last decade

More than 250 people have died since 2013 when trenches they were working in caved in. In most cases, the employers failed to follow basic government regulations for making trenches safe.

July 21, 2024
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By:
  • Cheryl W. Thompson,
  • Robert Benincasa,
  • and 2 more
A field worker uproots weeds in between rows of hops on a farm near Sunnyside, Wash., on June 14, 2023.

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  • Politics

It's hot. For farmworkers without federal heat protections, it could be life or death

Amid extreme heat, there are few federal protections for workers during hot temperatures. The Biden administration wants to change that but the rule making process is long and the heat won't wait.

July 10, 2023
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • Andrea Hsu
A Delta Air Lines plane is seen waiting in April at the Austin-Bergstrom International airport in Austin, Texas.

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  • National

A Texas airport worker died after being sucked into the engine of a Delta plane

For the second time in nearly seven months, an airport worker was killed after being pulled into an operating jet engine. The latest incident occurred Friday night in San Antonio, Texas.

June 26, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
Workers pack orders at an Amazon fulfillment center on January 20, 2015 in Tracy, California. OSHA cited Amazon after federal safety inspectors found ergonomic hazards at three Amazon warehouses.

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  • Business

Behind your speedy Amazon delivery are serious hazards for workers, government finds

The Labor Department has cited Amazon for failing to keep workers safe at three warehouses. Federal safety inspectors found workers at high risk of lower back injuries and musculoskeletal disorders.

January 18, 2023
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Used tires stacked at a Goodyear auto service location in South San Francisco, Calif., on July, 2020.

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  • Health

Why the government fails to limit many dangerous chemicals in the workplace

The U.S. agency that's supposed to protect workers' health has all but given up on setting limits on a dangerous chemical released in tire manufacturing. Meanwhile, workers are dying.

December 15, 2022
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By:
  • Sharon Lerner
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  • Economy

OSHA cites South Georgia pillow maker for repeat workplace safety violations

An inspection OSHA conducted last November found that four workers had suffered serious injuries by being exposed to several of the same hazards the agency had reported in a November 2020 inspection:

June 10, 2022
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By:
  • Dave Williams
At a White House event on October 14, President Joe Biden encouraged states and businesses to support vaccine mandates to avoid a surge in cases of Covid-19.

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  • Business

Biden's vaccine-or-test rule for 84 million workers is back after court lifts stay

The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals said the costs of delaying implementation of the vaccine rule would be high. Employers have until Feb. 9 to comply with the testing requirement.

December 18, 2021
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
President Biden promotes his administration's vaccine or testing requirements for workers at the Clayco construction site in Elk Grove Village, Ill., on Oct. 7.

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  • Business

6th Circuit Court 'wins' lottery to hear lawsuits against Biden's vaccine rule

In a process resembling a Powerball drawing, ping pong balls with the names of a dozen federal appeals courts were placed into a wooden raffle drum on Tuesday before a winner was drawn.

November 16, 2021
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
People walk by a sign for both a COVID-19 testing clinic and a Covid vaccination location outside of a Brooklyn, New York, hospital on March, 29 2021.

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  • Business

A lottery could determine the fate of Biden's vaccine rule for 84 million workers

Lawsuits against the Biden administration's vaccine-or-test requirement for private employers have been filed in almost every federal appeals court. One court will be randomly chosen to hear the case.

November 15, 2021
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
A nurse from AltaMed Health Services hands out the vaccine card to people after receiving their Covid-19 vaccine in Los Angeles, California on August 17, 2021.

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  • Business

Blocked for now, Biden's vaccine-or-test rule for workers faces uncertain future

The Biden administration says it will defend its rule requiring some 84 million workers to get vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. More than two dozen states have sued to stop it.

November 08, 2021
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
President Biden speaks about his administration's Covid-19 response in Washington, D.C., on July 6, 2021. In September, Biden announced his intention to require vaccines or testing for 80 million workers.

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  • Business

A big job for small government agency. Enforce vaccine mandate for 80 million workers

OSHA, the small, chronically understaffed federal agency in charge of workplace safety, now faces a big challenge: enforcing a federal vaccine rule covering 80 million workers.

October 04, 2021
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Tanks of liquid nitrogen are seen at the Foundation Food Group poultry processing plant in Gainesville, Ga. Six workers died after a freezer malfunctioned in January 2021.

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  • Business

6 Poultry Workers Died From A Nitrogen Leak. OSHA Has Issued $1 Million In Fines

They died when a freezer malfunctioned at the Foundation Food Group's poultry plant in Gainesville, Ga., in January. OSHA cited the company and three others for failing to ensure worker safety.

July 24, 2021
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
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