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The Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled about 8,981 DUMOS Nine-Drawer Fabric Dressers on August 13 over tip-over and entrapment hazards to children. The dressers violate STURDY Act mandatory standards. Consumers should stop use if the dresser is not anchored and contact DUMOS for a full refund.
SEIU Local 1000, representing approximately 96,000 California state workers, held its second virtual strike school on August 12 as contract negotiations with the state remain stalled. The union filed a bad-faith bargaining complaint with the state labor board, alleging the state rejected union proposals at the last minute.
Perry Ernest Anderson, 65, of Easley, South Carolina, was killed in an electrocution at SAFE Industries in Piedmont on August 7. The Anderson County Coroner ruled the cause of death electrocution, the manner accidental. OSHA has opened an investigation.
Workers at Embassy Suites by Hilton Seattle Downtown Pioneer Square, represented by UNITE HERE Local 8, marked 50 days on strike on August 7. The union has demanded that Hilton adopt an ICE notification clause requiring the hotel to alert workers if immigration agents arrive on property. Hilton declined the clause.
Teamsters Local 512 and Durham School Services reached an agreement late Friday night, averting a potential strike by 275 school bus drivers in Jacksonville. Drivers had voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike on August 4 after the company proposed what the union described as sweeping concessions to wages, benefits, and workplace protections.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission recalled approximately 47,166 HARPPA Nordi Foldable Toddler Tower Stools on August 6 over risks that the product can collapse or tip over and that a child's torso can become entrapped in the openings. Consumers should stop using the product immediately. HARPPA is offering a free repair kit.
A 56-year-old worker died Wednesday morning at the Chatham Village Foods facility in Wareham, Massachusetts, after being pinned between a tractor-trailer and a loading dock. Wareham police, Massachusetts State Police, the Plymouth County District Attorney's office, and OSHA are investigating.
UAW Local 1248 member James Brasher, 57, died Saturday after falling approximately 25 feet from a second-floor opening at the Stellantis National Parts Depot in Center Line, Michigan. His safety harness was not tethered at the time of the fall. Michigan occupational safety investigators opened a formal inquiry.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced July 30 that about 1.5 million OCOOPA rechargeable hand warmers are recalled after one death and roughly 350 burn injuries. Consumers should stop using the devices immediately and request a full refund.
Dara Phin, 45, of Aberdeen died July 30 after being injured while operating machinery at Pacific Veneer in Aberdeen, Washington. The Grays Harbor County Coroner''s Office and Aberdeen police are investigating.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed $794,456 in fines against Woodland Pulp in Baileyville, Maine on July 30 after hydrogen sulfide gas killed two workers earlier this year. OSHA classified four of the citations as willful.
A worker died July 29 at a Bridge Builders of Alabama facility in Clanton, Chilton County after being struck and pinned by two pieces of heavy machinery. The Chilton County Sheriff''s Office is investigating.
A worker died Friday at a UPS distribution hub in Horsham Township, Pennsylvania, after his head was pinned between a tractor-trailer and a loading dock. Police are investigating.
The Washington Federation of State Employees announced a one-day walkout for August 31 after state negotiators offered no across-the-board pay raises for more than 50,000 workers in the 2027-29 contract cycle.
The CPSC warned consumers to stop using approximately 98,000 Lakkzoom immersion water heaters immediately after 235 fires were reported. The agency invoked its Section 12 imminent hazard authority for the first time in nearly four decades.
IBEW Local 614 members ratified a new five-year contract with PECO on July 18 with 97 percent support. The deal extends cash-balance pensions to all 1,500 workers and ends the first strike in PECO's 145-year history.
The CPSC warned consumers July 16 to stop using 53,500 Houswise tabletop fire pits after seven injuries, including third-degree burns. Manufacturer Furmia LLC has not agreed to offer a remedy; consumers are directed to dispose of the products immediately.
Panasonic is recalling about 11,480 NB-G200 toaster ovens for a power cord insulation defect that poses electric shock or fire risks. The remedy is a full refund. The ovens were sold at Amazon, Costco, and Panasonic.com.
Lederiest Antwon Clark, 37, died Tuesday morning at Mill Steel Company in north Birmingham after being struck by a steel coil. OSHA opened a fatality investigation the same afternoon; no citation findings have been issued.
More than 4,000 Brigham and Women's Hospital nurses returned July 13 after a five-day work stoppage the Massachusetts Nurses Association called the largest nursing strike and lockout in state history. They returned without a contract.
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