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Carwash Workers Win Health and Safety Battle

Submitted by coshnet on Mon, 03/09/2009 - 11:47

A group of carwash workers who had received training and assistance with workplace health and safety issues from Southern California COSH and other members of the Community-Labor-Environmental Action Network, succeeded in getting CAL-OSHA's attention to their concerns. The agency issued issued $18,890 in citations for health and safety violations against the owners of Auto Spa Express Car Wash. The case proves the value of community-based worker training on workers' rights to OSHA protections.

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Former Inspectors Allege Fraud at MN OSHA

Submitted by coshnet on Mon, 03/09/2009 - 11:44

Former Inspectors Allege Fraudulent Actions by MN OSHA Program: Citations against "Star" Companies Discouraged

Whistleblowers Win Cases

Submitted by coshnet on Mon, 03/09/2009 - 11:39

Advocates for worker health and safety have been arguing for years that workers' rights to file OSHA complaints without fear of retaliation need strengthening. "Whistleblower" complaints from workers who have been fired, demoted, or harassed after filing OSHA complaints often lead to years-long investigations without resolution or restitution for the victim. But a former employee of Able Linen Service in Auburn, NY and a welder employed by Union Pacific Railroad Co. proved that it's not impossible to get justice under the whistleblower law.

Two big OSHA fines for Trenching Violations

Submitted by coshnet on Fri, 02/27/2009 - 14:13

In the 5th century B.C., Herodotus described methods for preventing deaths due to trench collapses in the Persian Wars, yet American workers continue to die every year as a result of inadequately protected trenches and excavations. OSHA put employers recently that it is taking this problem very seriously.

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