Stopping Virus a Huge Challenge at Crowded Meat Plants April 24, 2020 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. — Daily reports of giant meat-processing plants closing because workers tested positive for the coronavirus have called into...
Threat of Sick Workers at U.S. Meat Plants Forces Policy Changes March 20, 2020 By Deena Shanker and Lydia Mulvany In shelter-in-place America, people have been filling their freezers full of meat just in case. Meanwhile, at the plants where...
World Bank: Robots Aren’t Killing Off All Our Jobs Yet January 4, 2019 By Natalia Drozdiak The rise of automation has so far had a negligible impact on jobs at a global scale, the World Bank...
9 Dead in Gas Explosion at Chinese Coal Mine December 19, 2011 A gas explosion at a mine in central China has killed nine workers. The accident happened Saturday afternoon at a...
Illinois Grain Bin Operator Fined for Deaths Closes December 8, 2011 A northwestern Illinois company has gone out of business and paid nearly $270,000 in federal fines after two teenage workers...
2 Workers Seriously Injured in Fall at Connecticut Campus November 30, 2011 State police say two construction workers were seriously injured after falling 30 to 40 feet off scaffolding in Storrs near...
NRC: Workers Exposed to Radiation at Louisiana Power Plant November 28, 2011 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says workers were exposed to a low level of radiation during maintenance work in 2009 at...
Two Hospitalized in Minnesota After Incorrectly Mixing Chemicals November 23, 2011 Two workers at a Hopkins, Minn., health club were rushed to the hospital after inhaling pool chemicals that were mixed...
4 Hurt in Chemical Leak at Maryland Paper Mill November 18, 2011 NewPage Corp. says it’s investigating a chemical leak that sent four workers at its western Maryland paper mill to hospitals...
2 Injured at Michigan Construction Site November 17, 2011 Authorities say two workers were injured when trusses collapsed at a construction site in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Daily News...