/tags/occupational-safety-and-health-administration-osha Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 01 Oct 2021 21:29:30 GMT /business/2021-10-01/jbs-foods-cited-after-worker-dies-in-chemical-vat-at-greeley-plant Meatpacker JBS Foods Inc. faces about $59,000 in fines after a worker fell into vat of chemicals used to process animal hides and died at one of the company's meat processing facilities in Greeley, officials said. Fri, 01 Oct 2021 21:29:30 GMT /business/2021-10-01/jbs-foods-cited-after-worker-dies-in-chemical-vat-at-greeley-plant Associated Press /business/2021-05-12/as-walmart-sales-soared-during-the-pandemic-essential-workers-got-scant-protection Sandra Kunz had been worried for her safety while working as a cashier at a Walmart in Aurora, Colorado, during the pandemic, said her sister, Paula Spellman. Wed, 12 May 2021 18:50:58 GMT /business/2021-05-12/as-walmart-sales-soared-during-the-pandemic-essential-workers-got-scant-protection Associated Press /2020-09-17/workers-union-protests-measly-covid-19-fine-issued-to-jbs-plant-in-greeley A union representing workers at JBS USA-owned meatpacking plant in Greeley where six workers died of COVID-19 and hundreds more were infected staged a protest Wednesday, claiming that federal officials should have fined the company more for its alleged failure to provide safe working conditions. Thu, 17 Sep 2020 19:44:09 GMT /2020-09-17/workers-union-protests-measly-covid-19-fine-issued-to-jbs-plant-in-greeley Associated Press /npr-news/npr-news/2020-05-01/u-s-workplace-safety-rules-missing-in-the-pandemic Some businesses and employee advocates say they're not getting much help from the federal government to ensure workers' safety from the coronavirus pandemic. Fri, 01 May 2020 21:46:00 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2020-05-01/u-s-workplace-safety-rules-missing-in-the-pandemic Scott Horsley /npr-news/2019-04-08/facing-escalating-workplace-violence-hospital-employees-have-had-enough U.S. hospitals are under mounting pressure to address violence against health care staff by patients and visitors. Nearly half of emergency doctors say they've been physically assaulted at work. Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:26:00 GMT /npr-news/2019-04-08/facing-escalating-workplace-violence-hospital-employees-have-had-enough Marlene Harris-Taylor /environment/2019-01-11/colorado-worker-fatalities-decreased-slightly-as-deaths-of-construction-workers-rose According to a report from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, 77 workers were killed in 2017, a 5 percent decrease from 81 deaths… Fri, 11 Jan 2019 22:26:50 GMT /environment/2019-01-11/colorado-worker-fatalities-decreased-slightly-as-deaths-of-construction-workers-rose /oil-and-gas/2018-10-29/journalists-explore-life-with-oil-and-gas-in-investigation-of-2017-windsor-explosion Just before Christmas in 2017 an explosion at an oil and gas site was reported in Windsor. You may not remember it; no homes were damaged, and while one… Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:28:06 GMT /oil-and-gas/2018-10-29/journalists-explore-life-with-oil-and-gas-in-investigation-of-2017-windsor-explosion /arts-life/2018-08-22/saving-rockers-from-hearing-loss-one-ear-plug-at-a-time For more than a decade, a typical “work day” for Anthony Kovacs meant spending time on stage with loud guitars and drums, singing into a microphone as the… Wed, 22 Aug 2018 11:00:00 GMT /arts-life/2018-08-22/saving-rockers-from-hearing-loss-one-ear-plug-at-a-time Stacy Nick /2018-07-31/groups-call-for-better-protections-for-workers-in-extreme-heat A coalition of advocacy and labor groups have sent a petition to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). They’re calling for specific... Tue, 31 Jul 2018 10:00:00 GMT /2018-07-31/groups-call-for-better-protections-for-workers-in-extreme-heat Ali Budner /health/2017-03-10/safety-training-lacking-in-states-marijuana-industry-study-finds Nearly half of Colorado’s marijuana industry workers report receiving little to no on-the-job health and safety training, a new Colorado State University… Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:48:15 GMT /health/2017-03-10/safety-training-lacking-in-states-marijuana-industry-study-finds Harvest Public Media