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The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis is seeking documents from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, as well as three of the country's largest meatpacking companies.
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Slabs of engineered quartz are cut to order in thousands of shops around the country that may not adequately protect workers from dangerous levels of the lung-damaging contaminant.
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In a letter, they urge the Labor Department to ensure safe levels of silica dust at workplaces that cut popular "engineered stone." At least 18 workers have recently suffered severe lung damage.
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A small company in Ithaca, led by a 19-year-old entrepreneur, has a robot they say can clean floors and will make beds. The robot is still in prototype…
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Over two million American workers are exposed to silica dust in industries like construction, mining, road repair and sand blasting. The Occupational…
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The number of people killed in workplace accidents in New York state as a result of falls has increased, according to the federal government’s workplace…
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A Syracuse-area farm worker is touring regional churches and community centers to bring attention to workplace dangers on dairy farms.José Cañas is…
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Rep. Richard Hanna is urging the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to delay its new random inspection program for dairy farms. He and six…