Pandemic-related unemployment expected to cause 890K US deaths: Study
A new National Bureau for Economic Research paper, by researchers from Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, and Duke University, projects 890,000 additional deaths may result over the next 15 years from actions taken to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Specifically, the researchers cite unemployment spikes from lockdowns and other government restrictions that were two to five times larger than typical unemployment shocks. Fee.org
Maine ironworker critical after accident
An employee at a Maine ironworks suffered serious injuries over the weekend in an unspecified accident, according to a machinists union. Fed-OSHA is investigating. Maine Public
Connecticut construction worker dies after falling into open foundation hole
A 63-year-old construction worker in Glastonbury, Connecticut died after falling into an open foundation hole on Tuesday while pouring a new foundation. Fed-OSHA is investigating. WFSB
Doctor explains potential risks of virus for construction workers
Construction is an industry in which, according to doctors, employees infected with the COVID-19 virus could be at higher risk for complications. The president of the Dallas County Medical Society says his group noticed a spike in construction workers hospitalized with the virus last spring and summer and that the primary issue likely was masking. NBC DFW
Indiana teacher warns of COVID-safety lapses across the country
An Indiana computer science says she saw COVID-19 dangers frequently in her school: classes with about 30 students sitting less than 18 inches apart, crowded hallways and students and staff members taking off their masks around others. Even with the new presidential administration’s rollout of new school safety steps, it will be months before the nationwide vaccine rollout reaches all school staff members, or approved for students. Duluth News Tribune
What Fed-OSHA’s COVID-19 emergency temporary standard likely require?
Travis Vance of Fisher Phillips writes that in order to anticipate what the federal standards for the concerning the COVID-19 pandemic may require, look at the emergency COVID-19 standards adopted by a handful of states including Virginia, Michigan, Oregon, and California. JD Supra