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☆ If you want to age in place in retirement, experts say these are the things you should consider
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty ImagesThere's no place like home — especially as you age. "People might say, 'I want to age in place as the default plan, because that's what I'm already doing,'" said Carol Chiang, CEO of Evolving Homes, a company providing personalized consulting for individuals and families who want to age in place. The costs of the upgrades necessary to age in place can vary, experts say. Chiang said she has seen the prices of bathroom upgrades vary within Florida, where her practice is based. To make sure your home upgrades are successful, experts say it's wise to keep several things in mind.

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☆ Three Killed, Nine Injured in Construction Collapse at Idaho Airport
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - Federal and local investigators on Thursday were working to determine what caused an airport hangar under construction to collapse in Boise, Idaho, killing three people and injuring nine others. "There was a large-scale collapse of the building, the framework of the building," Hummel said. Local authorities and U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials were investigating the cause the collapse, Hummel said. A crane at the construction site also fell during the incident, Hummel said. Airport operations were not impacted by the incident, the Boise Fire Department said in a post on X.

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☆ The wife of a SpaceX worker whose skull was fractured after rocket engine malfunction sues for negligence, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewThe wife of a SpaceX technician whose skull was fractured during a rocket malfunction in January 2022 is suing Elon Musk 's company for negligence. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. An investigation by Reuters published late last year found that SpaceX has had at least 600 worker injuries since 2014. The report found that SpaceX's average injury rates at three of its facilities, including Hawthrone, far outpaced rates across the wider space industry. The average injury rate for SpaceX's California site was 1.8, compared to an industry average of 0.8 injuries per 100 workers in 2022.

Persons: —, Elon Musk, Francisco Cabada, Ydy Cabada, Ydy, Michael Rand, Musk Organizations: Service, SpaceX, Business, Occupational Safety, Health Administration, Reuters Locations: Hawthorne , California, Los Angeles , California, California

For instance, the U.S. has blocked shipments of cotton coming from China, a top manufacturer of popular clothing brands, because it was produced by forced or prison labor. While prison labor seeps into the supply chains of some companies through third-party suppliers without them knowing, others buy direct. Cargill acknowledged buying goods from prison farms in Tennessee, Arkansas and Ohio, saying they constituted only a small fraction of the company’s overall volume. For instance, about a dozen state prison farms, including operations in Texas, Virginia, Kentucky and Montana, have sold more than $60 million worth of cattle since 2018. “What for?”FOLLOWING THE MONEYThe business of prison labor is so vast and convoluted that tracing the money can be challenging.

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☆ The science behind sleeping more in winter
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“If you feel like sleeping more in the winter, you’re not alone,” said Dr. Raj Dasgupta, an associate professor of clinical medicine at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, California, citing research that found at least a third of American adults reported they sleep more in the winter. But participants did get 30 more minutes of rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep during winter. Here’s what experts think you should know about the science and whether you should make any adjustments. “But we can make adjustments to perform in a better way, to rest in a better way during winter,” she said. “To help our bodies make this transition from sleep to wake, it’s important to have light exposure in the morning during winter months,” Weiss said.

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☆ A woman claims Panera Bread's highly-caffeinated 'charged' lemonade gave her 'permanent' cardiac injuries, in a 3rd customer lawsuit about the beverage
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A woman says she has "permanent cardiac injuries" after drinking Panera's caffeinated lemonade, NBC reported. She said in a lawsuit that she drank two-and-a-half cups and now experiences brain fog, palpitations, and body shakes. It's the third lawsuit against Panera over its Charged Lemonade since October. AdvertisementA new lawsuit against Panera Bread claims that a woman has "permanent cardiac injuries" after drinking its caffeinated Charged Lemonade, NBC and other outlets reported. The drinks contain large quantities of sugar, though Panera also sells a Blood Orange Charged Splash, which is sugar-free but caffeinated.

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☆ A 16-year-old employee at a poultry processor was killed after being pulled into a chicken deboning machine. The proposed fine for the Mississippi plant: $212,000
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Mississippi poultry plant is facing more than $200,000 in fines after a teen worker was killed. AdvertisementA Mississippi poultry processing plant is facing more than $200,000 in fines from the US Department of Labor after a 16-year-old contract employee was killed after being pulled into a chicken deboning machine. Related storiesOn July 14, 2023, Pérez was sanitizing a chicken deboning machine when he became caught in a rotating shaft and pulled into the machine, according to the OSHA report. AdvertisementThe teenager was the second worker killed at the Hattiesburg facility in a little over two years. "Only about two years later nothing has changed and the company continues to treat employee safety as an afterthought, putting its workers at risk," he added.

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☆ U.S. Faults Mississippi Poultry Plant in Death of 16-Year-Old
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Jesus Jiménez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A Mississippi poultry plant’s disregard of safety policies was directly to blame for the death of a 16-year-old boy who was fatally injured in July after being pulled into a machine there, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said on Monday. Mar-Jac Poultry, which operates the Mississippi plant, was cited with 17 violations after investigators found that the plant’s failure to follow safety protocols had led to the teenager’s fatal injuries, OSHA said in a statement on Tuesday, noting that it had proposed to fine the poultry company more than $200,000. The 16-year-old was cleaning a machine in the deboning area of the Mar-Jac Poultry plant in Hattiesburg, Miss., on July 14 last year, when he was caught in the machine’s rotating shaft and pulled into it, OSHA said.

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☆ Poultry processor hit with proposed $212,646 fine after second worker, a teen, killed by machine
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Parija Bhatnagar | Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The US Department of Labor is proposing a $212,646 fine against a Mississippi poultry processor after a 16-year-old sanitation worker was pulled into a chicken deboning machine and killed. The child became the second worker killed in just over two years at the plant. Mar-Jac Poultry, which could not immediately be reached for comment, operates facilities in Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. Mar-Jac Poultry told NBC News in October that the company has followed all safety procedures in the incident involving the teen worker. The DOL said the poultry processor currently is also under a separate child labor investigation by its wage and hour division.

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CHANNELVIEW, Texas — For nearly 20 years, Texas environmental regulators have kept a disturbing secret. AdvertisementTexas Community Health News; Texas Commission on Environmental Quality"Any exposure to a carcinogen increases your risk of developing cancer. AdvertisementTim Doty, a former TCEQ mobile air monitoring expert, at the industrial edge of River Terrace Park in Channelview, Texas. In fact, the agency rarely fines companies that violate Texas air pollution laws. Mark FelixHoneycutt's toxicology division soon took an even more dramatic step to weaken Texas' benzene guidelines.

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☆ Facing fines, cluttered aisles and late-night mockery, Dollar General's returning CEO tries to drive a turnaround
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-07 | by ( Melissa Repko | In Melissa-Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The exterior of a Dollar General convenience store is seen in Austin, Texas, on March 16, 2023. Dollar General has gotten hit by steep fines for safety violations, slammed on late-night TV and even overruled by its own shareholders. Dollar General may have topped Wall Street's fiscal third-quarter expectations, but it has had a tough year. Shares of Dollar General closed Wednesday at $133.92, down by about 46% so far this year. On a recent episode of HBO's "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," the comedian ridiculed Dollar General and its rival, Dollar Tree .

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☆ An Airbnb host's son secretly filmed a guest in the shower, then tried to blackmail her into sending him a sex video: prosecutors
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A man living in his mother's Airbnb home secretly filmed a guest naked and then tried to blackmail her, prosecutors allege. Prosecutors say Strutz admitted to hiding a cell phone camera in a basket on the bathroom counter. AdvertisementThe son of an Airbnb host was sentenced to prison in connection to allegations that he secretly filmed a guest in the shower and tried to blackmail her into sending him an explicit video. The graphic messages continued for several months until Strutz sent her a nude image of herself from when she showered in the Airbnb bathroom, prosecutors allege. Strutz admitted he filmed the guest using a cell phone he had hidden in a basket on the bathroom counter, prosecutors allege in the complaint.

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☆ When a 17-year-old had a stroke, the family dog alerted his parents. It saved the teen's life.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Lauren Crosmedlicott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Gabriel Silva is a 17-year-old in Spring, Texas, who had a stroke in the early morning. His border collie alerted his parents, enabling them to quickly get to a hospital for blood thinners. Without Axel, Silva could have needed to use a wheelchair and lost his ability to speak for life. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . After intense physical, occupational, and speech therapy, Silva is now hopeful for the life ahead of him and thankful for Axel.

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HILLSBORO, Ohio (AP) — An explosion at an auto repair shop in Ohio that killed three people and sent a fourth person to a hospital sparked a massive fire that burned for hours and spewed thick, black smoke into the air. The Tuesday afternoon blast at Jimbo’s Auto Repair in Hillsboro was felt at several nearby sites, including the Paint Creek Joint EMS & Fire District, whose crews quickly responded to the scene. Information about the three people who died was not immediately released by the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office. The injured person remained hospitalized Wednesday in stable condition. The State Fire Marshal’s Office is the leading the probe, and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will also investigate.

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WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday it will extend for up to 90 days a trial program that allows six U.S. pork plants to operate faster processing-line speeds while collecting data on how the speeds affect meatpacking workers. Some activist groups like Food & Water Watch had opposed the program as a risk to food safety. A judge in 2021 invalidated that rule after the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union, which represents many meatpacking workers, sued the USDA over worker safety concerns. Plants in the trial were also assigned to collect data on how line speeds affect workers and share it with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Reporting by Tom Polansek in Chicago and Leah Douglas in Washington; Editing by Bernadette BaumOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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[1/3] An employee hiring sign is seen in a window of a business in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., April 7, 2023. So far, he said at a Boston Fed labor market conference earlier this month, measures like the employment-to-population ratio largely have not behaved differently for key racial groups, for women versus men, or among those with different education levels. Research has since tended to suggest that there may be untapped pools of labor that only become available when the job market is tight - an argument for keeping monetary policy looser than not. The labor market recovery so far has been "remarkably equitable," she said. Pandemic-era programs threw a safety net under many families, and the tight job market that has since developed helped many get a foothold, Rouse said.

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☆ This low-stress, in-demand job can be done remotely and pays more than $100K/year—it’s ‘a winner,’ says expert
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A majority, 64% say pay and benefits are critical factors in accepting a job offer, according to a 2022 Gallup poll of 13,085 U.S. employees. The job often requires a bachelor's degree, specifically focused on a field like mathematics or statistics, and experience in the role. "There might be more of a need to assess what the risk would be like, say, for tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, etc." The Labor Department's Occupational Information Network ranked 873 occupations based on stress tolerance, or whether or not the job "requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations." Check out:10 low-stress jobs that pay more than $100,000 per year and how to get themThe least stressful job that pays over $100K, according to data—and how to get itHow to spot red flags of a stressful job before you even take it

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☆ How a Traumatic Brain Injury Changed Me - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Kelly Barnhill | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +16 min

I told my speech therapist that I was frustrated that I haven’t been able to write fiction since experiencing a traumatic brain injury — which means that I am still, after nearly two years, unable to do my job. Over 1.5 million Americans experience a traumatic brain injury each year. The toll of traumatic brain injuries and the mystery of how the brain repairs itself, or doesn’t, is still perplexing and under-researched. I had to invent a new process in order to tackle the project: ideas inscribed one at a time, thought by thought, sentence by sentence, on note cards, each composed over days, weeks, months. Once there was a queen who fell under a spell, causing her to sink into a deep sleep for a long, long time.

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☆ Tesla factory workers reportedly say they're getting in shouting matches — and sometimes even fights break out
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Some workers from the Texas factory told The Information that verbal fights occur at the facility on a near-daily basis — and even some physical fights have taken place, they said. Some workers told the publication that employees were taking Adderall and sleeping at the factory in order to keep up with Elon Musk's deadlines. Musk has been known to run his companies with high intensity, sometimes calling for work sprints and even sleeping on the factory floor at Tesla. Ahead of the 2017 release of the Model 3, Musk famously pushed workers at Tesla's Fremont factory through "production hell." "Nothing is more important to us than the safety of our employees," A Tesla representative told Insider in 2018.

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Fourteen months between a deadly high school shooting and another at MSU. Ossege was severely wounded during the Nov. 30, 2021, attack on Oxford High School, about 40 miles (60 kilometers) north of Detroit. On the day of the Oxford shooting, a bullet traveled through Ossege’s clavicle and ribs and exited her back, causing a concussion of the spinal cord that left her briefly paralyzed. An Oakland County sheriff’s deputy who befriended Ossege during the Oxford shooting drove to MSU, picked her up and took her home. When Ossege is home from school, she makes the 30-minute drive north from Oxford to Mayfield Township, where Blaze is boarded.

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☆ Marketers have an important role to play in how AI serves society, according to the CMO of Indeed
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Jessica Jensen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Every day, we're exploring how we can use AI to work better and how all marketing jobs are changing. How AI is changing marketingIt's often said that content is king, and today AI is super-charging content. Because, we recently asked a GenAI tool to show us "a group of disabled people" and what it delivered was imagery of only people in wheelchairs. The research shows that marketing jobs are among the occupational groups with the highest exposure to GenAI. We need to ensure that humans control and edit AI outputs to fully represent and empower all people in society.

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☆ 10 in-demand, low-stress jobs—one pays more than $100,000 per year
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Stress level: 52 Media salary: $113,940Packaging and filling machine operator and tenderPackaging and filling machine operators work in places like factories preparing goods for shipment. Stress level: 52 Media salary: $36,750ArchivistArchivists are responsible for safeguarding important historical documents. Stress level: 53 Media salary: $60,800Electromechanical equipment assemblerElectromechanical equipment assemblers put together and maintain various machines or parts of machines (like dynamometers and actuators). Stress level: 53 Media salary: $76,480Fuel cell engineerFuel cells produce electricity using energy from elements like hydrogen. Stress level: 55 Media salary: $44,930Machine feeder and offbearer

Persons: assemblers Organizations: America Survey, Occupational

☆ SpaceX workers reportedly took Adderall and IV fluids, and some slept in the bathroom, to keep up with Elon Musk's deadlines
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

SpaceX workers reportedly put in over 80-hour work weeks in Elon Musk's race to colonize Mars. A Reuters investigation looked at 600 work injuries at SpaceX from 2014 to present. AdvertisementAdvertisementElon Musk's rocket company, which employs about 13,000 people, had at least 600 worker injuries over the course of 9 years across its facilities, the publication reported. But, the company has responded to OSHA inquiries saying it is not liable for the worker injuries as the company gives workers safety training, Reuters reported. Reuters' report comes after some SpaceX employees wrote an open letter last year criticizing Musk's behavior as a "source of distraction and embarrassment."

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☆ At SpaceX, worker injuries soar in Elon Musk’s rush to Mars
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +35 min

Through interviews and government records, the news organization documented at least 600 injuries of SpaceX workers since 2014. The more than 600 SpaceX injuries Reuters documented represent only a portion of the total case count, a figure that is not publicly available. SpaceX injury data reporting failures SpaceX facilities failed to submit injury data annually, as required by regulators, for most years since 2016. Workers welded rocket parts up to 12 hours a day, six days a week, often in temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the SpaceX workers said. The accident occurred when he and other SpaceX employees were being transferred between two vessels.

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☆ IRS Warns Employers About This One Tactic to Claim Pandemic Tax Credit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Richard Rubin | Ruth Simon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

An IRS memo is the latest sign of the agency’s tough line in audits of the employee retention credit, or ERC. Photo: stefani reynolds/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesA lot of federal money is riding on what counts as a government order, and the Internal Revenue Service and tax firms are preparing for legal fights about that crucial definition. Employers can claim a pandemic-era tax credit worth up to $26,000 per worker if a government order fully or partially suspended their operations. Some employers and tax advisers say they can rely on Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines encouraging ventilation, physical distancing and other measures.

Persons: stefani reynolds Organizations: ERC, Agence France, Internal Revenue Service, Safety, Health

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