Tens of thousands of state and municipal employees in Florida have lost their union representation — and their union contracts — this year, due to consequences of a “reform” law approved in 2023. And ...

Florida Rep. Shane Abbott, R-DeFuniak Springs. March 27, 2025. Credit: Florida House of Representatives Florida Rep. Shane Abbott, R-DeFuniak Springs, once again made the false statement that Florida ...

OSHA has issued citations and penalties totaling $363,436 to two North Florida contractors for exposing workers to life-threatening excavation hazards. According to a recent release, inspectors on May ...

Some U.S. states keep residents safer than others. And due to uncontrollable variables like geography and natural disasters, some states also face annual or regular threats that other states don’t.

In one week, U.S. Department of Labor safety inspectors found two contractors working in Jacksonville and Daytona Beach, Florida, willfully exposing employees to one of the construction industry's ...

Heat leads to thousands of injuries and dozens of fatalities on job sites every year, OSHA says. Skanska has added real-time hydration testing to its arsenal of heat safety strategies. Skanska is ...

What makes residents feel safe in their own states? On Oct. 6, personal finance company WalletHub released its list ranking the safest and least safe states in the U.S. for 2025. “The safest states in ...

TAMPA, Florida – A federal agency says Tampa Electric Company ignored its own rules when performing a dangerous maintenance job at one of its plants that left five workers dead. On Thursday, the ...

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) announced it will assist its Florida members in pushing for legislation requiring all Florida cities, counties, municipalities, school districts, state ...