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Workplace safety
Meatpacker JBS Removed At-Risk Workers from Beef Plant Amid Covid-19 Surge
Meatpacking company JBS USA Holdings Inc. said it has removed hundreds of at-risk workers from a Colorado beef plant in response to rising Covid-19 infections, as the U.S. meat industry seeks to defend itself against the pandemic’s current surge. JBS’s move comes as the largest U.S. beef processor faces a fresh Covid-19 outbreak in Greeley, …
Violence Against Healthcare Workers Continues Despite Hospital Safety Law – NBC Bay Area
They treat us when we’re sick, but now medical workers say they fear for their own health and safety after a rash of assaults at California hospitals. Employees working in healthcare are four times more likely to experience workplace violence than other private employees according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A recent …