Whistle Blowers Go After Musk

Whistle Blowers Go After Musk

Whistle blowers call out the Elon-Musk owned tunneling company Boring Co. for putting workers lives in jeopardy.
Before heading to Las Vegas, officials at Boring were aware that there were “life threatening risks,” but reportedly the Texas Occupational Safety and Health Administration was convinced by officials that the workplace was safe.
Employees said that workers received no training before operating dangerous machinery, the air was foul with chemicals, and workers suffered chemical related burns.
Nevada’s OSHA began its own investigation and documents obtained through the public records Act back-up the employees’ assertions.

Are Workers In More Danger in the Garden State?

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says North Dakota has the more fines per case than any other state, a study shows.
Even though North Dakota has a far lower number of work accidents compared to states such as Virginia, its fines were almost 150% more than any other state.
Because of its natural resources, North Dakota has large number of high-risk jobs including construction and refining.
The study found that since 2014 there have been 13,000 enforcement cases with penalties of at least in the tens of thousands of dollars.

TVA Facing Fines

The Tennessee Valley Authority and two of its contractors are facing over $150,000 in fines after a worker was electrocuted last year.
A worker was electrocuted after he fell five feet and made contact with energized electrical equipment.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is fining the two companies and TVA for exposing workers to electrical hazards including a lack of safe access to platforms.
One of the companies was cited for one willful violation and two serious violations.

Construction Worker Killed in Crash

One construction worker was killed and another killed when a car crashed into them.
The St. Louis construction workers were working on a building when the driver of a car lost control and hit them.
Police say two cars were racing with each other when the one driver lost control. Two drivers have been charged.
One construction worker was pronounced dead at the scene and the other was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

PBS Hosts Explosive Documentary

A Georgia film maker’s documentary documenting a deadly explosion at a munitions plant.
The devastating disaster was reportedly the “final nudge” to approve the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Twenty-nine people were killed and numerous workers were injured when a Thiokol munitions plant exploded, the documentary will show.
According to articles written on the disaster, most of those killed were Black women making less that $2 an hour.