Editorial Standards

Sourcing

We report from primary sources. That means agency feeds (CPSC, FDA, NHTSA, OSHA), court dockets and filings (PACER and state court systems), federal investigation reports (NTSB, CSB), regulator press releases, peer-reviewed research, and named sources we speak to directly. When we cite another publication, we link to the original story — we do not rewrite reporting without attribution.

Factual claims should be linked to a primary source — agency notices, court filings, peer-reviewed research, named officials, or wire reporting — so readers can verify against the underlying record. Where a claim cannot be sourced, it is not stated as fact.

Verification

Numbers — case counts, death tolls, settlement amounts, verdict figures, recall unit counts — are pulled from primary documents and dated. When a number changes (a settlement is paid out, a class is certified, a recall is expanded), the story is updated and the change is noted.

For ongoing litigation, we work from court filings and JPML statistical reports, not from law-firm press releases. For workplace fatalities, we work from OSHA citations, NTSB or CSB investigation reports, and employer disclosures, not from secondary commentary.

Named reporting

Stories carry an author byline. When the byline says “411 Press Staff,” the story was reported and written by the 411 Press desk and verified by the editor before publication. We do not publish anonymous reporting, and we do not credit AI as a byline. AI is a tool we use to assist research and drafting; the responsibility for every published claim sits with the human reporter and editor.

Corrections

We publish corrections and we label them as such. If a fact in a 411 Press story is wrong, email corrections@411press.com with the article URL, the specific claim that is wrong, and the source for the correction. We will update the story, add a corrections note at the top, and timestamp the change.

Substantive corrections (changes that alter the meaning of the story) are noted at the top of the article. Typographical and grammatical fixes are made silently.

Independence

411 Press does not take money from the companies, law firms, or government agencies we report on. We do not run sponsored content. We do not run lead-generation forms or refer readers to specific attorneys or law firms. Coverage decisions are editorial; advertising and business considerations do not influence what stories we cover or how we cover them.

Outbound citation

We link out to primary sources — court filings, agency announcements, peer-reviewed research, and reporting by other publications when we cite their work. Outbound links carry no SEO-engineering intent. They are there so readers can verify what we wrote.

Beat scope

Our beat is labor, industrial safety, workplace accountability, and major public-interest events affecting working America. We cover plant explosions, mining accidents, refinery incidents, rail derailments, warehouse fatalities, OSHA enforcement, mass tort litigation, and consumer product recalls with public safety consequences. We do not cover political commentary, lifestyle content, product reviews without a safety nexus, or generic legal advice.

Contact

Questions about our standards, methodology, or sourcing: contact the editorial desk.