NEWSNATIONNOW (Caroline Jaime) - Black lung disease is rising again among Appalachian coal miners
Black lung is surging in coal country again, with 1 in 3 longtime Appalachian miners now affected.
NYTIMES (Kurtis Lee and Shelby Tauber) - Heat Kills Hundreds of Workers Each Year. A Postal Carrier Was One.
About half a dozen states explicitly protect workers from excessive heat. And some others, like Texas, prevent local governments from passing their own laws.
NYTIMES (Kurtis Lee and Shelby Tauber) - Heat Kills Hundreds of Workers Each Year. A Postal Carrier Was One.
About half a dozen states explicitly protect workers from excessive heat. And some others, like Texas, prevent local governments from passing their own laws.
NPR (Murphy Woodhouse) - When tragedy strikes, America's wildland firefighters ask, was it 'somebody that we loved?'
Deaths and close calls while fighting wildfires have strained an already on-edge workforce. They've also raised questions about policies and priorities amid an intense wildfire season.
NYTIMES (Mitch Smith) - Crunchtime in the Air-Conditioning Business: Long Days and Hot Work
With Chicago and much of the country in the grips of a heat wave, air-conditioning technicians are enduring sweltering temperatures to keep systems working.
NYTIMES (Pragati K.B., Anupreeta Das and Anindito Mukherjee) - Laboring Under Delhi’s Harsh Heat, Workers Must Choose Health or Wages
Severe heat waves have been hitting India since April, forcing many of the country’s essential workers to make tough decisions.
ABCNEWS - WATCH: Bear attack injures 4 in Fukushima, Japan, amid surging population
Surveillance video from a steel company in Fukishima, Japan, shows a bear chasing a worker and throwing him to the ground. The bear reportedly hurt three more people nearby.
NYTIMES (Orlando Mayorquín) - 11 Dead as All Bodies Recovered After Washington Chemical Explosion
The remains of the two workers who were still missing after the blast this week at a Washington State paper mill were recovered on Saturday, officials said.
NPR (The Associated Press) - Coal mine gas explosion in China kills 82 people, state media say
A gas explosion at a coal mine in China's northern province of Shanxi killed at least 82 people. Official news agency Xinhua said the accident happened on Friday evening and 247 workers were trapped.
NYTIMES (Rebecca Davis O’Brien) - Quartz Countertop Makers Want Immunity Against Legal Claims from Sick Stone Cutters
Workers are filing lawsuits against the countertop industry as cases of silicosis, a deadly lung disease, rise.