Rates are now the highest they’ve been in nearly 50 years among veteran coal miners. Mining experts blame toxic silica dust, now more common in mines.
The owner of the Tennessee factory where workers drowned after Hurricane Helene won’t face charges
The owner of a factory where six workers died last year in flooding from Hurricane Helene won’t face charges after a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation found no criminal wrongdoing. The conclusion mirrors that of a similar investigation by the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Tennessee workplace inspectors refuse to cancel COVID rules for fear of federal takeover
The agency tasked with enforcing workplace safety rules in Tennessee has rejected a directive from state lawmakers to abandon federal COVID rules adopted in late August.
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