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As Artificial Stone Countertops Kill Workers, House Republicans Discuss Protections—for Manufacturers

Sponsors of a new bill want to give the industry immunity from lawsuits brought by injured employees. That will kill even more workers, experts warn.

By Liza Gross

A stone countertop fabricator wears a mask to help protect against airborne particles which can contribute to silicosis at a shop on Oct. 31, 2023, in Sun Valley, Calif. Credit: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
A Los Angeles County crew member hydrates between repaving a road as temperatures reach 100 degrees and above in August 2023. Credit: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

New Analysis Provides More Evidence That Heat Standards Save Lives

By Liza Gross

A worker stripes an intersection on a hot afternoon in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 6. Credit: Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat

By Martha Pskowski, Keerti Gopal

The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office documented the scene of a workplace fatality at McBride Operating in Waskom, Texas, on the night of Feb. 6, 2024. Credit: Harrison County Sheriff’s Office

Embattled Texas Oilfield Waste Company Fined After Worker’s Death

By Martha Pskowski

Workers exit the Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery on May 10, 2022, in Texas City, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

OSHA Just Reduced the Value of a Worker’s Life

By Liza Gross

A road worker drinks water at a construction site in Los Angeles as southern California faces a heatwave on Sept. 4, 2024. Credit: Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images

Will the Trump Administration Save Workers from Preventable Overheating Deaths?

By Liza Gross

A construction worker takes a break to wipe his brow while digging a trench amidst a heat wave in Irvine, Calif., on Sept. 5, 2024. Credit: Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

US Labor Advocates Demand Heat Protections for Workers as Planet Warms

By Liza Gross

A construction worker takes a sip of water during a heat wave while repairing a road that was damaged from the heat in Houston, Texas on June 27, 2023. Credit: Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images

Republicans Attack Rules Designed to Keep Workers Safe From Heat

By Liza Gross

A worker adjusts his helmet on a construction site under the sun in Los Angeles as southern California faces a heatwave on July 3, 2024. Credit: Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images

Trump Guts Agency Critical to Worker Safety as Temperatures Rise

By Liza Gross

Farmworkers wear protective clothing while working in a bell pepper field through a heat wave on July 3 in Camarillo, California. Credit: Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images

Will the Nation’s First Heat Protection Standard Safeguard the Most Vulnerable Workers?

By Liza Gross

A construction crew works in extreme heat as they build homes on July 1 in Fontana, California. Credit: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

First Heat Protection Standards for Workers Proposed by Biden Administration

By Marianne Lavelle

A woman works on a farm as it rains with high humidity during a heatwave in Homestead, Fla. on July 15, 2023. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

Florida Legislators Ban Local Heat Protections for Millions of Outdoor Workers

By Amy Green, Victoria St. Martin

Why Secrecy on Fracking Chemicals?

By Elizabeth McGowan

Halliburton Winning Battle in PA to Keep Its Fracking Secrets

by Marie C. Baca, ProPublica

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