#worker-safety

#worker-safety

Racial comments when staff are out at work, staff frightened to get out of their cars until people pass by people of colour are beginning to feel unwelcome. She added: [Workers] have gone to a house to care for somebody, look out of the window and there's people standing by their car to intimidate them. We're giving advice that if you don't feel safe, don't leave the building. But of course there's somebody else who's waiting for that call.

For most New Yorkers, convenience is all we see when we shop online. Click, buy, delivered. But what feels so easy to us is hurting our neighborhoods and the workers in Amazon vests who make it happen. The culprit? Last mile delivery centers, the giant hubs where companies like Amazon sort packages and send them to your doorstep. More and more of these have been popping up in New York.

"We wouldn't have given approvals if we determined things weren't the way they ought to be and what it needs to be for public safety reasons," Gibson said, according to the Las Vegas Review Journal.

Technologies from AI to advanced robotics have been celebrated for their ability to lighten people's workload. But despite their promises, these technologies aren't being used to improve workers' lives or keep them safe. In 2023, 385 workers died every day due to hazardous working conditions, with over 3 million more work-related injuries and illnesses reported that year in the United States.

DoorDash has called the proposal "extreme" and said it "puts delivery and the benefits it brings at risk." And "when app lobbyists talk, many Council members pay close attention," writes The City's Claudia Irizarry Aponte.

Starbase, a sprawling launch-and-manufacturing site, logged injury rates almost six times higher than the average for comparable space vehicle manufacturing outfits and nearly three times higher than aerospace manufacturing.

A 19-year-old employee died after falling into a meat grinder at a Vernon burrito factory when an industrial food processor turned on unexpectedly while he was cleaning it.

The explosion, which occurred at around 9 a.m. local time on Monday in Pashamylaram, resulted in at least 36 fatalities and numerous injuries, with many still missing.

The workforce purge under President Trump raises concerns about the finalization of a critical report on wildfire smoke, threatening worker health protection for millions.

Construction dust is one of the biggest risks workers face, with invisible particles leading to serious health issues such as lung disease and cancer.

"We're hearing still that workers in many plant nurseries here in South Florida are denied basic protections like water, rest and shade," said Oscar Londoño, the executive director of WeCount!, a non-profit fighting for better working conditions.