The San Francisco County Superior Court rejected the National Retail Federation, the Western Growers Association and other retail and agricultural industry groups’ requests for an injunction to block the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board from enforcing safety measures adopted to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
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Remote technology use and pandemic safety measures lack uniformity across California courts, Tuesday’s state legislative hearing revealed.
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Just a week ago, the online retail giant had filed suit to block the investigations supporting the New York attorney general’s latest filing.
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After initially refusing a request from U.S. safety regulators, Tesla has now agreed to recall about 135,000 vehicles because the large touch screens on the console can go dark.
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After a deadly liquid nitrogen leak inside a Georgia poultry plant Thursday, legislators and worker advocacy groups called for changes to federal policies which they say prevented the plant’s many undocumented workers from getting necessary health care.
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By 2050, more than half the global population will live downstream from tens of thousands of large dams near or past their intended lifespan, according to a U.N. report released Friday.
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Electric vehicle fires pose safety risks to first responders and guidelines from manufacturers about how to deal with them have been inadequate, according to U.S. investigators.
Read moreWhen it entered into a company creating the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission in 1935, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor ceded its authority to enforce building safety regulations at the commission’s new administration building in Bucks County, the Third CIrcuit ruled.
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The railroad industry has installed an automatic braking system on nearly 58,000 miles of track where it is required ahead of a yearend deadline, federal regulators said Tuesday.
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Working shoulder-to-shoulder in one large room, shouting at each other over loud machinery, meatpacking workers are at severe risk of contracting Covid-19. New research found ventilation is key to preventing major outbreaks at these plants.
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A year and a half after a pair of deadly crashes grounded the aircraft worldwide, the Boeing 737 Max has been cleared for takeoff again by the Federal Aviation Administration.
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The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to force implementation of Covid-19 safety protocols at a geriatric prison in Texas.
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Iowa has for years failed to adequately enforce federal workplace health and safety regulations, which has taken on critical importance during the current Covid-19 outbreak, according to a complaint filed by labor, civil rights and faith-based groups.
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Images of terrified protesters fleeing police and gunfire have shaken one of Mexico’s top beach resorts and dealt another blow to a tourism industry already reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.
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French prosecutors said Wednesday that the public housing agency for the southern port city of Marseille has been charged with manslaughter over the collapse of two apartment buildings two years ago that left eight people dead.
Read moreThe Arizona attorney general announced a $5 million settlement with Honda on allegations the automaker hid safety issues related to defective Takata airbags installed in some of its vehicles.
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Federal transportation safety officials Tuesday could not definitively say what sparked a deadly California dive boat fire last year but faulted the operator for a lack of oversight that led to the tragedy that claimed 34 lives.
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As the coronavirus spikes in a handful of New York communities on the eve of three Jewish holy days, an Orthodox Jewish activism group asked a federal judge Thursday to lift state restrictions that would limit in-person synagogue attendance.
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Months after a federal judge ordered police to issue vocal warnings before deploying tear gas at protests, a new motion for sanctions says the directive has gone ignored at recent demonstrations.
Read morePhiladelphia sued the commonwealth of Pennsylvania on behalf of gun violence victims, claiming the Legislature refuses to pass statewide gun safety laws and prevents local governments from enacting policies shown to save lives.
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