Safety Groups Push for Criminal Crackdown in Worker Death Cases Corporate Crime Reporter
A national coalition of workplace safety advocates has launched a campaign for increased criminal prosecution of corporations responsible for workplace deaths.
The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health has launched a "stop the corporate killers" campaign.
The campaign will seek to pressure local prosecutors to bring criminal homicide prosecutions against corporations that flagrantly and consistently violate safety and health laws and whose actions result in worker deaths.