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Summary: A teenager died alone at the bottom of a grain bin after an unsparing auger shredded both his legs. The incident: When Landon Gran, 18, was offered a job at a farm owned by Richard Gaalswyk in St. Peter, MN, he didn’t hesitate to take the …
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Just when you thought you had a clear picture of your responsibilities for recording COVID-19 illnesses on your injury logs, OSHA has thrown you a curveball: Now you have to conduct an analysis before determining whether an illness is …
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The scenario: A male supervisor created a cultlike following among employees based on the shared goal of satisfying the man’s sexual desires. It was common for women to be randomly kissed and groped by the supervisor. And most female employees were …
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Summary: Despite misgivings about his safety while laboring in close quarters with other workers at a pork processing plant, a 56-year-old African native refused to quit his job because he needed the money to pay the rent. The incident: When he was …
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Are OSHA’s industry-specific guidance documents as effective at preventing the spread of the coronavirus as an infectious disease control standard would be? At least one prominent government official thinks they are. In a recent letter responding …
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The scenario: A white female employee had been on the job for only one week when her black female manager directed ageist comments at her. The black boss told the white staffer that she was too old to fit in and that she was “over the hill.” The …
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