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In Kentucky, Deregulation And Worker Safety Collide
In 2007, a small bell-making company in East Hampton, Connecticut was inspected by the federal Occupational Safety and…
November 16, 2018
State Worker Safety Plans: ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’
Fifteen minutes before his shift was to end on November 8, 2017, Lariat Rope, a thickset man of…
November 15, 2018
A Teenager Dies On The Job. His Family’s Work Begins.
Grant Oakley’s second day of work was the last day of his life. Seventeen, sandy-haired and tall, Grant…
November 14, 2018
How Kentucky Is Failing Its Workers
While most of the Meade County public works crew finished their lunches, Pius “Gene” Hobbs was raking along…
November 13, 2018