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For the third time in five weeks, a 16-year-old boy has died after sustaining on-the-job injuries at an industrial site, as lawmakers in several states advocate loosening child labor laws that protect minors from hazardous work.
The latest teen death was Friday night at the Mar-Jac Poultry plant in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, authorities said. It’s the third worker death at the plant since December 2020.
Duvan Tomas Perez, who NBC News reported moved to the U.S. from Guatemala six years ago, was cleaning machinery as part of a sanitation crew when he became trapped in equipment on a conveyor belt. He died at the scene, police and the poultry company said.
The company said that it appears that the child “should not have been hired” and that his age and identity were misrepresented on his hiring paperwork with an outside staffing company.
“We are devastated at the loss of life and deeply regret that an underage individual was hired without our knowledge. The company is undertaking a thorough audit with the staffing companies to ensure that this kind of error never happens again,” it said in a statement Thursday to HuffPost.
His death follows two other teens’ deaths in Wisconsin and Missouri.
Michael Schuls, 16, died on June 29 after sustaining injuries at the Florence Hardwoods logging company in Florence, Wisconsin. Michael was attempting to unjam a wood-stacking machine when he became pinned under machinery on a conveyor belt, resulting in what the coroner identified as traumatic asphyxiation, The Associated Press reported.
Will Hampton, 16, died on June 8 in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, after becoming injured while working at the Lee’s Summit Resource Recovery Park landfill. The high school sophomore became pinned between a tractor-trailer rig and its trailer, resulting in his death, police said in a statement.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating all three deaths, a Labor Department spokesperson confirmed to HuffPost.
OSHA has also made a referral to the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division for possible child labor violations concerning hazardous occupations in the Wisconsin case and a separate referral in the Missouri case to determine if the child was legally employed.
Federal labor laws allow children 16 and older to be employed in all occupations as long as the jobs are not declared hazardous by the Secretary of Labor. The Labor Department’s website features a list of such hazardous occupations and specifies that “most jobs” in meat and poultry plants ― including equipment cleaning ― are banned.
Minors are also prohibited from being employed “inside and outside of places of businesses that use machinery to process wood products,” with a few exceptions, including if an adult relative supervises the child.
The Wisconsin teen’s father also worked at the sawmill and was at the site that day, Green Bay station WBAY reported, though the child was alone in the building when the incident happened, and he wasn’t found until 17 minutes later, The AP reported.
In the case of the Mississippi teen killed, the child wasn’t working directly for Mar-Jac Poultry as he had been hired by an outside agency. “These hiring companies often aren’t the most reliable when it comes to finding qualified, legal workers,” said Jordan Barab, former deputy assistant secretary of labor at OSHA from 2009 to 2017.
“These temp agencies don’t have any scruples at all. They don’t have any national reputation to uphold. They’re just trying to sell workers, basically,” he told HuffPost. “And then the main company claims they had no idea, the temp agency [says it] was ‘fooled by false certifications.’ Well, obviously this kid did not look 18.”
OSHA has been going after this “to a certain extent,” he said, with the administration citing both the place of employment and the hiring company when a regulation is broken.
Barab partially blamed the nation’s ongoing shortage of labor for the hiring of children because employers are trying to avoid paying more for qualified workers.
“You have some employers who are basically going after the most vulnerable workers, the workers with the least ability to fight back or question anything. Who could be more vulnerable than (A) children and (B) immigrant children?” Barab said.
The COVID-19 pandemic, affordable child care, a rise in remote work and retiring workers are among the reasons cited for the labor shortage.
Regardless of the risks, lawmakers in several states have proposed weakening child labor protections in a bid to expand the workforce with low-paying labor.
In Wisconsin, where one of the three children died, lawmakers are advocating for lowering the age to serve alcohol in bars and restaurants to 14. It would be a nationwide first if approved, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Another bill introduced in Minnesota proposes allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to work in or around construction sites.
In Iowa, the state Senate in April passed a bill that would allow children to work more days and longer hours, but in conflict with the current limits set by federal law, as Iowa State Daily reported.
The Biden administration back in April urged U.S. meat companies to ensure they are not unknowingly or knowingly hiring children illegally. This followed revelations that more than 100 children were working for a company that cleans slaughterhouses. The children’s work included handling hazardous equipment, like razor-sharp bone saws.
An estimated 160,000 children are injured annually in the U.S. while working. Of these injuries, 54,800 warrant emergency room treatment, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
The number of minors employed in violation of child labor laws has increased by 37% within the last year, according to a March report by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute in Washington. The report identified 10 states that have introduced or passed bills within the last two years that would weaken child labor standards.
#us politics#news#huffington post#2023#child labor#child labor laws#workplace deaths#working class#workers#worker's rights#workplace injuries#Duvan Tomas Perez#Mississippi#Mar-Jac Poultry#Michael Schuls#Florence Hardwoods#Wisconsin#Will Hampton#Missouri#Lee’s Summit Resource Recovery Park landfill#Occupational Safety and Health Administration#department of labor#biden administration#Jordan Barab#child labour#unfair labor practices#labor shortage#National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health#Economic Policy Institute
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The provincial government has amended occupational health and safety provisions to require all employers to develop a violence prevention policy and investigate violent incidents.
The government has given employers until May 17, 2024, to create and implement their policies. Other amendments to the legislation came into force last week.
Minister of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety Don Morgan said the amendments, "will ensure we are building a strong culture of workplace health and safety, which is critical to helping reduce workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities."
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Well folks one of the damn horses finally got me. It was the bastard who used to try to bite me. He jumped around while I was putting his halter on and even though I’m always careful not to leave a finger hooked in anything—the very tip of my ring finger got just a little bit stuck and now it’s sprained. Hurts like a bitch for such a stupid little thing, and of course it’s my drawing hand. Goddamn creatures.
#and then my dog peed in the house#shit day#angry post#workplace injuries#life of a texan peasant#it’s been 0 days since#horses are little shits don’t let them fool you with their prettiness#a ridiculous amount of swearing given the circumstances#it’s not actually that bad I’m just a big baby
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"NO LUMP PAYMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED," Toronto Globe. January 9, 1913. Page 9.
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Workmen's Compensation Will be Carefully Arranged
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RAILWAYS BY THEMSELVES
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Farm Laborers Not to be Included as an Industrial Hazard - Sir William Explains Points in the Proposed Legislation.
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Sir William Ralph Meredith at the workmen's compensation inquiry yesterday morning made it clear in two important details which way his recommendations would go. In the first place there will be no scheme that would give the right of lump sum payments. Even the administering board could not authorize it. The other is that railways will not be grouped with other industries, but that any scheme they may adopt will be in line with the general principles of the proposed act. Farm laborers for the time being will not be included as an industrial hazard.
The non-appearance of Mr. F. W. Hinsdale, chief auditor of the Industrial Commission of the State of Washington, altered Sir William's plans somewhat, and instead of taking evidence the time was given over to a general discussion of the proposed scheme.
Mr. Wegenast, for the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, told the Commissioner that the Ontario system would affect 400,000 people, and Sir William figured that the probable cost would be $250.000. Mr. Wegenast contended that the grant in Washington State was inadequate, that the Commission should be allowed to group the classes, and that the payroll should not be the only standard of indemnity.
Farmers Not Included
In reply to a question by Sir William, it was conceded that farmers would not come under the act in the meantime, as this might impede the passing of the act through the Legislature. The Commissioner said that he was mindful of the positions occupied by persons employed on the farm, but it was not the same as an employee of a railway or a factory.
"What would the manufacturers think if legislation was recommended under which the employer should be obliged personally to pay the whole of the compensation?" Sir William asked Mr. Wegenast.
"Any reasonable compensation for negligence would not be objected to. but returns from this source should not go directly to the employee, but to the general fund," replied Mr. Wegenast.
"I suppose in the last analysis the proposed legislation will be a tax on the community. Of course the railways, for example, can look after themselves, but what of the producers of wheat and of silver?" continued Sir Willlam.
Mr. Hellmuth - "But in the case of railways the rates can always be checked and established by the Dominion Railway Board."
The Act in Danger.
Sir William - Yes, but my experience has always been that such rates are invariably far above those which ordinary business conditions would alone compel. I want to say that if the manufacturers or the railways can form schemes of their own they will break down the act. The idea that I have is that the railways should be excluded from any group for the present:
"From the standpoint of expediency I agree with your Lordship, but on principle I disagree," interrupted Mr. Wegenast.
"Principle is nothing in this case, and expediency is everything. To accomplish anything definite we must be prepared to compromise."
The labor representatives did not agree with this announcement, and Mr. Hellmuth objected to the C.P. R. being placed in a group alone and paying into the fund to judge the effect in the prevention of accidents and the consequent adjustment of the assessments.
Early in the discussion Sir William declared: "This legislation is social; there is no disguising the fact. The very basis of it is to prevent the injured workman becoming a charge on the community. If this were not so one of the primary objects of the scheme would be defeated. If we allow compensation in a lump sum it might be squandered, and if that were permitted it would defeat our primary object."
He also intimated that there could be no legislation that would imply a guarantee upon the Province.
Mr. F. N. Kennin, Secretary of the Commission, stated last night that he had word that Mr. F. W. Hinsdale would be present at the hearing this morning, and his evidence would probably cover the entire day. The sitting will commence at 11 o'clock this morning in the Private Bills Committee room at the Parliament buildings.
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“We can’t save the planet by destroying it.”
a recent article about the disastrous health, environmental and social effects of the rapidly-grown nickel industry in Indonesia - much execrated by rising demand for electric vehicles.
#reading#indonesia#labota#peter yeung#environmentalism#capitalism#industry#pollution#workers rights#workplace injuries#EV#tesla#electric vehicles#climate catastrophe#climate justice#r/
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Netflix defends new ‘Squid Game’ reality show amid ‘warzone’ claims
It was a dangerous game show.
Netflix is defending their reality series “Squid Game: The Challenge” after it allegedly became too close to the fictional source material — with players allegedly getting stretchered away as the set turned into a frigid “warzone.”
The scandal broke while the streaming platform was in the UK secretly filming the much-awaited game show, based on the hit series of the…
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Designated medical providers are medical doctors, nurse practitioners, and medical assistants who have been specially trained in work related injuries. Your family doctors do things with colds, flu's and other medical conditions. Designated medical providers specialize in injuries like fractures, eye injuries, strains and sprains.
Workers compensation insurance normally will provide a list of designated medical providers to your employer to use in the event your employees were to be injured at work. Some of the times even the workers compensation insurance company will work deals with these designated medical providers for reduced prices for medical procedures.
It is really important that an employee who is injured see a medical doctor as soon as possible, this will possibly keep the injury from getting worse.
If you have questions about designated medical providers, contact your company's safety representative or human resources person.
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The City of Regina pled guilty and was fined $100,000 for one violation of The Saskatchewan Health and Safety Act, after a City worker sustained significant injuries on the job in December 2020.
According to a statement from the City of Regina, the provincial court decision was handed down on Feb. 8, 2023. Barry Lacey, executive director of financial strategy and sustainability, offered remarks regarding the decision.
“The City of Regina’s top priority is the health and safety of its workers and residents,” said Lacey. “In this case, a City worker suffered significant injuries on the job. This is never acceptable, and the City has acknowledged its responsibility.”
Lacey stated the City didn’t have the right safety practices and policies in place to protect the worker and that employees were allowed to work inside a shipping container to unload heavy bus shelter glass.
“This was too small a space to do the work safely. Due to the limited space in the container, the employee could not move out of the way of the glass as it fell on him, causing significant injuries,” stated Stacey. [...]
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Despite workplace safety and health measures, you may end up injuring yourself. Accidental slips, falls, overexertions, etc., are common in the workplace. Learn more.
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“WORKMAN IS SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN TWO-TON WHEEL FALLS FROM RIG,” Montreal Star. October 28, 1921. Page 3.
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Man Sustains Badly Lacerated Head and Broken Leg-Half of 4-Ton Fly Wheel Dropped While Being Loaded
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A two-ton piece of a fly wheel fell while it was being lifted onto a rig outside the plant of the Montreal Lithographing Company, Ontario and Papineau streets, shortly before 10 o’clock this morning and seriously injured one man.
The victim of the accident is Alfred Boston, 33 years old, of 2254 Lafontaine street.
He was one of the workmen employed by the W.L. Miller Company, of St. George street, in moving a 4-ton fly wheel from the Montreal Lithographing Company’s premises to his firm’s plants.
According to information gatherd by officials of the Lithographing Company the men were raising a two-ton section of the wheel onto a truck outside the plant when it slipped and fell.
Boston was the only one injured, his head being badly lacerated and one leg broken. He was taken to the Montreal General Hospital where he was admitted to a ward. His condition is regarded as critical, although doctors do not believe that his skull has been fractured.
It is said that the injured man himself weighed 235 lbs.
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tails and his big ears. whenever he's working with certain machinery or tools he always pins his ears back, flat against his skull, and someone will ask him "hey are you okay? are you mad or upset?" and he goes "no not at all! :) I am just so scared of getting my ears caught"
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