Worker Safety

World Health Organization Must Prioritize Workers, Experts Say 

After Trump stopped funding the WHO, the agency retreated even more from occupational safety and health programs, putting millions of workers at risk as the planet warms, advocates contend. They hope its leaders change that when they meet next week.

By Liza Gross

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

By Liza Gross

New Analysis Provides More Evidence That Heat Standards Save Lives

By Liza Gross

Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat

By Martha Pskowski, Keerti Gopal

Coal Miners and Advocates Plead With Trump to Enforce Black Lung Rule

By Aidan Hughes

Embattled Texas Oilfield Waste Company Fined After Worker’s Death

By Martha Pskowski

OSHA Just Reduced the Value of a Worker’s Life

By Liza Gross

Will the Trump Administration Save Workers from Preventable Overheating Deaths?

By Liza Gross

US Labor Advocates Demand Heat Protections for Workers as Planet Warms

By Liza Gross

New Mexico Is the Latest State Developing Standards to Protect Workers in Extreme Heat

By Martha Pskowski

In California, Flawed Air Rules Threaten Farmworkers as Wildfires Pump More Smoke Onto Fields

By Rambo Talabong

Republicans Attack Rules Designed to Keep Workers Safe From Heat

By Liza Gross

‘Secret Deal’ in California Would Weaken Regulations for Oil Refineries

By Jim Morris and Molly Peterson, Public Health Watch

Texas Oilfield Company and Executive Plead Guilty in Hydrogen Sulfide Deaths

By Martha Pskowski