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A CAL/OSHA investigation found six violations of state code at an immigrant detention center in McFarland, Calif., leading to $104,510 in fines.

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Caterpillar is being fined $145,000 due to a workplace accident where a new employee was “immediately incinerated” after falling into an 11-foot-deep pot of molten iron, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Federal work-safety investigators are looking into the death of an Amazon worker and an injury that potentially lead to the death of another employee.

New Mexico safety officials pointed to "a complete failure of the employer to follow recognized national protocols that keep employees safe."

The court's majority opinion leaves open a surprisingly straightforward way for the administration to protect the health of American workers.

The Justice Department will launch a new domestic terrorism unit. The new division was announced during testimony in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. CBS News senior investigative reporter Catherine Herridge breaks down the latest on CBSN.

The FDNY Fire Officers Association president said firefighters who responded to the scene of NYC's deadliest fire in decades "acted above and beyond" to prevent loss of life. At least 17 people were killed, including eight children. (Jan. 11)

The FDNY Fire Officers Association president said firefighters who responded to the scene of NYC's deadliest fire in decades "acted above and beyond" to prevent loss of life. At least 17 people were killed, including eight children. (Jan. 11)

FDNY Fire Officers Association president said firefighters who responded to the scene of NYC's deadliest fire in decades "acted above and beyond the call of duty" to prevent loss of life. At least 17 people were killed, including eight children. (Jan. 10)

The court will hear legal challenges to White House vaccination requirements Friday.

The national mandate, blocked last month, will cover more than two-thirds of the country's workers.

With Friday’s ruling, it’s not clear when the requirement may be put in place.

With Friday’s ruling, it’s not clear when the requirement may be put in place.

A federal appeals court panel has ruled that President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for larger private employers can take effect.

Lawsuits are raising age-old questions about federal authority, states’ rights and the independence of businesses and individuals. Governments big and small should make sure the common good prevails.

New rules issued by OSHA Thursday have legal experts puzzling over how their corporate clients will implement weekly COVID-19 testing for unvaccinated employees by the Biden administration's Jan. 4 deadline.

Federal officials said the policy would preempt any state efforts to limit its impact. Conservative governors and attorneys general have vowed to fight the policy in court.

The shooting death of a cinematographer on the set of the set of the Alec Baldwin movie “Rust” is a reminder of the dangers that can exist on film and television sets.

The following is a transcript of an interview with Dr. Scott Gottlieb that aired on Sunday, September 12, 2021, on "Face the Nation."

Companies are in a holding pattern as they wait for more info.

The RNC and some state governors said Thursday they would sue the administration, but experts said they probably won't win.

Six workers died when a freezer malfunctioned at the Foundation Food Group's poultry plant in Gainesville, Ga., in January. OSHA cited the company and three others for failing to ensure worker safety.

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The emergency temporary standard does not apply to all workplaces despite thousands of COVID-related complaints from a variety of industries.

The emergency temporary standard does not apply to all workplaces despite thousands of COVID-related complaints from a variety of industries.

The Biden administration has exempted most employers from long-awaited rules for protecting workers from the coronavirus.

The new standard will only apply to healthcare facilities, not most workplaces.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom appears disinclined to insert himself into the regulatory process for workplaces.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared disinclined Friday to insert himself into the regulatory process for workplaces after a state safety board upset business groups by approving new rules that require all workers to wear masks unless everyone around them is vaccinated against the coronavirus. The revised rules, approved after a long and sometimes contentious meeting Thursday, eliminate social distancing requirements in workplaces but run counter to Newsom's plan to ”fully" reopen California in less than two weeks and allow vaccinated people to skip face coverings in nearly all situations. Critics hadn’t decided if they will push Newsom to override the worksite rules adopted on the second try by the board that sets standards for California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, known as Cal/OSHA.

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The nation's enforcer of safety in the workplace hasn't done enough to protect workers during the coronavirus outbreak, according to a watchdog report released Tuesday. OSHA initially made this change to protect its own workforce — but eliminating in-person inspections means it's likely that many workplace violations were overlooked, "placing employees' safety at greater risk," the report found. Over the nine-month period covered in the report, OSHA received more than 23,000 complaints about workplace hazards, of which nearly half were related to COVID-19. At the same time, state workplace safety agencies in just 22 states found more than five times as many COVID-19 violations, the report noted. The inspector also called out OSHA for not creating stronger workplace safety rules during the pandemic.

"These actions appear to have resulted in thousands of meatpacking workers getting infected with the virus and hundreds dying," Clyburn stated. According to Clyburn, the agency waited months after receiving complaints about meatpacking plants to inspect those facilities, and the fines it did impose address "only a tiny fraction" of virus-cased deaths in meatpacking plants, he wrote in a letter to OSHA's head. "This is an important investigation," said Deborah Berkowitz, director of the Worker Health and Safety Program at the National Employment Law Project. But the decree sent the message that producing meat was more important than public health, worker advocates claimed. "I do hope that one conclusion is that worker safety rights are very weak," said NELP's Berkowitz.

Bria of Geneva was among those hardest hit by the virus early in the pandemic, and was cited in November by OSHA for coronavirus-related violations. Within the past 28 days the facility has had three virus cases, state data shows, though spokeswoman Natalie Bauer Luce said those stemmed from an employee who reported symptoms in November, and there are no longer any positive cases at the facility.