Occupational Safety and Health Administration

A garbage war is brewing in the East Bay. Sanitation workers running routes in Piedmont say their pleas to fix unsafe conditions have gone unanswered for years. They turned to the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit to expose the hazards they say employees have faced every day for nearly a decade. Investigative Reporter Liz Wagner reports in a story that...

A Palo Alto city employee died in an “electrical incident” Saturday while a five-person crew was upgrading a transformer, city officials confirmed.

A wall that came crashing down during demolition of the old Vallco Mall in Cupertino was all part of the plan, developer Sand Hill Properties said.

Federal state and local investigators are working hard to try to figure out what led to the explosion and fire at the NuStar Energy facility in Crockett.

What led to the explosion and fire at the NuStar fuel storage facility? Still no answer. But local, state and federal investigators are trying to figure it out. Jodi Hernandez reports.

The dramatic fire at the NuStar tank farm Tuesday prompted a Contra Costa County supervisor to call for more rigorous oversight of at least six petrochemical facilities that he says are currently exempted from his county’s more rigorous regulation under the industrial safety ordinance governing oil refineries and chemical plants.

You might be surprised to learn there’s actually very little government oversight of fuel storage facilities. NBC Bay Area Investigative Reporter Jaxon Van Derbeken dug into inspection records and learned the tank farm is largely exempt from federal and state chemical safety regulations.

New York will become the first state to require the disclosure of ingredients in tampons and other menstrual products

Two homeless men who were struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Berkeley on Thursday night were identified by the Alameda County coroner on Monday as Jason Clary, 37, and Jupiter Ganymede Marley, 31.

A man working in a trench at Disneyland in Anaheim suffered fatal injuries Thursday when a steel plate fell on him.

Two sewer workers died 30 feet underground in Delaware County Thursday and what caused their deaths was not immediately known. The deadly incident took place Thursday morning in Aldan Borough, Pennsylvania.

Two employers have been cited by California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, or Cal/OSHA, after two plumbers were poisoned by carbon monoxide at San Francisco International Airport.

The South Philadelphia oil refinery that caused a series of massive explosions last week will close within the next month, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney confirmed.

Cal/OSHA, the state’s occupational safety agency, has launched an investigation into a South Bay pet boarding facility after five of its employees were victims of a vicious dog attack last week.

Cal/OSHA, the state’s occupational safety agency, has launched an investigation into a South Bay pet boarding facility after five of its employees were victims of a vicious dog attack last week. Marianne Favro reports.

Nearly 2 million Americans are the victims of violence in the workplace each year, and many other cases go unreported, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Here’s what you should know about the dangers you may face at work and what you can do to protect yourself.

An NBC Bay Area Investigation reveals the approval process to build a private school in Silicon Valley right next to a concrete plant was the result of an unfortunate chain of events, that included inaccurate permit applications, poor communication between government agencies, and other bureaucratic blunders.

An NBC Bay Area Investigation reveals the approval process to build a private school in Silicon Valley right next to a concrete plant was the result of an unfortunate chain of events, that included inaccurate permit applications, poor communication between government agencies, and other bureaucratic blunders. Investigative reporter Bigad Shaban reports on a story that first aired May 21, 2019.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed recently ordered police to “increase enforcement against dangerous traffic behavior,” however, an NBC Bay Area has learned the city’s own fleet of vehicles has been violating safety laws for years, putting drivers, bikers, and pedestrians at risk.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed recently ordered police to “increase enforcement against dangerous traffic behavior,” but NBC Bay Area has learned the city’s own fleet of vehicles has been violating safety law for years, putting drivers, bikers, and pedestrians at risk. Investigative reporter Bigad Shaban reports on a story that first aired May 8, 2019.