Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. — This story first appeared in New York Focus, a non-profit news publication investigating New ...
It’s widely known that warehouses are one of the most injury-prone working environments. Warehouse workers are more than twice as likely to experience an injury compared to the national average.
On July 13, 2023, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced the launch of a three-year National Emphasis Program meant to prevent workplace hazards in ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CLEVELAND (WJW) — Video released to the FOX 8 I-Team shows firefighters facing hard questions about safety hazards in a Warehouse ...
There are technologies available today that simply didn’t exist, even just a few short years ago. For instance, a growing number of operator assist technologies can help operators prioritize safety ...
As the holiday season approaches and the pace of warehouse activity accelerates, employee safety becomes an even more critical priority. In 2023 alone, injury levels at Amazon.com warehouses increased ...
The warehouse safety bill that stemmed from the deadly Edwardsville tornado in 2021 is now officially on the books. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker recently signed the Warehouse Safety Tornado Preparedness ...
The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions has launched an investigation into Amazon's workplace safety practices. Sen. Bernie Sanders, who chairs the HELP committee, wrote a ...
New York’s warehouse workers face higher injury rates than employees in any other sector. In recent years, they’ve been hurt more often and more severely than before, according to new federal data.
A police officer speaks to an onlooker at an Amazon Distribution Hub in Edwardsville last December. Six people died when a tornado hit the facility, and warehouses surrounding it could be just as ...