The Federal Transit Administration on Wednesday issued a scathing assessment of the worker safety on NYC subway lines, saying there was “an escalating pattern of safety incidents” affecting MTA ...

Meatpacking giant JBS gave $5 million; industry soon celebrated a decision to make those on the assembly line work faster.

New research from Flinders University highlights the need for artificial intelligence (AI) systems to complement—not ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has put worker health and safety measures to the test, and workplaces across the country have fallen short. Grocery store workers and garbage collectors have had to do their jobs ...

Cleo Cabuz: "Our solutions increase worker safety, facilitate compliance and allow workers to be more productive." While “wearables” – sensors and personal monitoring systems that indicate when a ...

This comes after four workers were killed in vehicle-related workplace accidents in December 2025. Read more at ...

Lone workers occupy some of the most challenging and dangerous jobs. Social workers, security officers, delivery agents, realtors and in-home healthcare providers, just to name a few, often spend ...

Washington state worker safety officials fined Elon Musk's SpaceX $3,600 this month after an accident at one of its sites reportedly led to a "near amputation." Inspectors from Washington state’s ...

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