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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…
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…
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…
How Kentucky Is Failing Its Workers
While most of the Meade County public works crew finished their lunches, Pius “Gene” Hobbs was raking along…