WASHINGTON –Seven days a week, 365 days a year, weekends and holidays included, a worker dies on the job slightly more than once every other hour. That’s the stark data from Death on the Job 2014, the AFL-CIO’s 23rd consecutive report on job safety, including fatalities, illnesses and injuries, in the U.S. Federal job […]

WASHINGTON —The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) honored Workers Memorial Day, April 28, by focusing on deaths among one of the most vulnerable groups of employees, contract workers. “Many of those killed and injured are temporary workers who often perform the most dangerous jobs, have limited English proficiency and are not receiving the training and protective measures required,” said […]