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In Tornados’ Wake, Workers Push OSHA For Disaster-Response Rules


December 15, 2021 at 04:43 PM
Worker-safety advocates are urging OSHA to promulgate a disaster-response standard to ensure that employers are prepared for extreme weather-related events, in the aftermath of recent tornados that leveled workplaces across the Midwest and killed at least six workers at an Illinois Amazon warehouse and eight at a Kentucky candle factory.

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