By Eli Wolfe and Myron Levin on March 20, 2019
Federal officials concede that the death toll is an undercount. Fatalities involving some trail machines are not included.
Posted in Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Consumer product safety, Off-Road Vehicles, Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Eli Wolfe on March 7, 2019
When sued for withholding records, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has fared poorly in court.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Consumer Protection, Gadgets and Distracted Driving, Government accountability |
By Eli Wolfe on February 7, 2019
Pesticides released by bug bombs can linger in homes for weeks at a time, which some researchers claim is a potential health risk
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Air Pollution/Toxic Exposure, Consumer product safety, Consumer Protection, Environmental Safety and Health, Government accountability |
By Eli Wolfe on January 31, 2019
Agency won’t require employers to routinely report detailed internal records of worker injuries or illnesses.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Government accountability, Labor Department, labor laws, OSHA, Workplace Safety and Health |
A New Wrinkle in Wage Battles
By Eli Wolfe on January 10, 2019
For years, truck drivers hauling billions of dollars of clothing, appliances and other consumer goods from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have complained about rampant wage law violations by the trucking firms that hire them. The alleged abuses include failing to pay minimum wages and overtime. But even when truckers’ claims have…
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Labor Department, labor laws, wage theft, wage violations, wages, Workplace |
By Eli Wolfe on December 12, 2018
An obscure program that has judged vaccine injury and death claims for three decades passes a financial milestone
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Consumer Protection, Government accountability, Vaccine Safety |
By Eli Wolfe on November 28, 2018
A fateful decision by Congress more than 40 years ago gives the sites unique immunity from safety oversight, even as hundreds of employees have been killed or seriously injured.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Labor Department, labor laws, Workplace, Workplace Safety and Health |
By Eli Wolfe on November 14, 2018
Without explanation, officials eventually altered crash data, revealing a death toll more than 3 times higher than previously acknowledged.
Posted in FairWarning Investigates, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Product Hazards and Recalls |
By Eli Wolfe on October 15, 2018
Despite mounting casualties from crashes of recreational off-highway vehicles, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has shot down a proposal to track injuries and deaths involving the popular trail machines.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Auto and Highway Safety, Off-Road Vehicles |
By Eli Wolfe on October 3, 2018
A new survey has found that nearly 50 percent of emergency physicians have been physically assaulted on the job.
Posted in FairWarning Reports, Recent Stories | Tagged Workplace Safety and Health |
