Companies exempt from some inspections under a special OSHA program should face tighter scrutiny, a report finds, echoing a Center series.

A study linking higher rates of breast cancer for women in the auto plastics industry triggers anger among workers.

A chemical discharge in a Chicago-area factory kills a worker — and exposes the dangers faced by temp workers across the U.S.

Following jobsite fatalities, OSHA vows crackdowns -- but sometimes collects nothing, a Center investigation found.

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis leaves behind a department advocates say increased enforcement but left worker safety rules unfinished.

Regulators should launch an enforcement blitz of companies using large numbers of contingent workers, a nonprofit group concludes.

PART ONE: An EPA panel appointed to study hexavalent chromium included scientists who had consulted for industry in lawsuits.

House Democrats are pushing a bill requiring safety steps to curb combustible dust explosions -- a hazard examined in a 2012 Center report.

How Washington works (badly)

Tens of millions of Americans drink tap water tainted with chromium. But industry pushback has made it hard for the EPA to regulate.