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Worker safety
Workplace deaths rising
Job-related deaths are on the rise in Oregon and throughout the United States.
Over 10,000 severe worker injuries reported in first year of new OSHA requirement
Most of the hazards that led to severe injuries could easily have been prevented.
Governor Brown appoints two labor nominees to workers’ comp committee
Kevin Billman of UFCW and IBEW Local 48 staff attorney Diana Winther are nominees for MLAC.
The Demolition of Workers’ Compensation
All around the country, state legislatures are whittling away at workers’ comp systems
Washington workers’ comp: Fending off attacks on the system
Republican lawmakers and business interests have pushed to cut benefits to save on premiums
Oregon workers comp: Low premiums, high benefits. How do they do it?
Some of the savings are, literally, on the backs of workers.
On the hunt for cancer at Wah Chang
Thousands of workers may have been exposed to radiation
Federal OSHA’s Silica Neverland
Six years after Obama took office, workers are still waiting for protection from deadly dust.
Operating Engineers Local 701 member killed in crane accident
OSHA is investigating why a 35-foot beam detached and pierced the cab of his crane
New program offers scholarships for kids of workers killed, injured on job
The newly formed Oregon group is a chapter of a national organization
Painters, Floor Coverers distribute $500 bonuses for safety training
The bonus checks are a way to honor the best-trained workforce in the industry
Remembering fallen workers
Thirty-nine workers died in job-related accidents in Oregon in 2013.
The 10 most DANGEROUS jobs in America
Logging and fishing top the list.
OSHA silica rule: just a few more months, maybe
Exposed workers are dying, but business groups howl at the expense of prevention
Toxic homes leave firefighters fighting cancer as well as flames
Union pushes for protective laws and better decontamination practices
OR-FACE Program tracks and investigates work-related deaths
Logging was Oregon's most fatal industry in 2011
Unions remember fallen workers
Thirty-nine workers died in job-related accidents in Oregon in 2013.
White House releases OSHA rule on silica, after two-year delay
If implemented, the proposed OSHA rule would protect 2 million exposed workers.
Obama Administration quietly smothers rule to protect workers
Silica sickens 3,600 a year, but the White House has halted an OSHA rule 38 years in the making
Accident at Thompson Metal Fab takes life of Sheet Metal worker
Michael Carpenter, age 33, was killed on the job March 15.
