Eleven of Impact Plastics’s workers were at the company’s Tennessee factory when Hurricane Helene hit. Two are confirmed dead, four are still missing. Workers say the company did not let them leave until it was too late.
Freedom from regulation is more important than human life.
Farms are dangerous workplaces. Grain silos are well known death traps that kill dozens of workers, often children, every year.
Freight train drivers who direct 20 billion tons of goods per year have threatened to walk off the job.
On April 28th, International Workers' Memorial Day, we recommit to - "mourn for the dead and fight like hell for the living". - Mother Jones.
On average, almost 100 workers are killed every day in the United States due to traumatic injuries suffered at work. Ten times as many die from occupational diseases. The accounts below give you a taste of the PREVENTABLE carnage.
“It is so disrespectful of the agencies and the employers to shunt these cases aside and not do everything possible to investigate the exposures,” said Peg Seminario, a retired union health and safety director.
One study showed that temps in construction and manufacturing suffer twice the rate of injuries as directly-employed workers. Clearly, OSHA needs to be updated to keep up with corporate chicanery.
For some occupations, putting oneself in harm’s way is an explicit part of the job description.
For some occupations, putting oneself in harm’s way is an explicit part of the job description.
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