Workplace Injuries

• Las Vegas construction accident deaths

  Staff Writer | August 20, 2007 12:44 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The Las Vegas Business Press reported the tragic construction worker death on Aug. 9 at MGM Mirage's CityCenter project between the Monte Carlo and Bellagio resorts, and another death at the Fontainebleau Resort Hotel site nearby on Aug. 2.In the CityCenter construction accident, worker Harvey Englander, 65, was reportedly working on an elevator and was cut in half when he leaned into the...

• Study says weight affects risk of worksite injury

  Staff Writer | June 15, 2007 1:07 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A workplace injury study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Injury Research and Policy says that obesity can increase the risk of a worksite injury. Published in May 2007, in the American Journal of Epidemiology, the study's findings show that a body mass index (BMI) in the obese category significantly raises the possibilities for trauma injuries on the job. Of...

• Report details fatal workplace injuries in 2005

  Staff Writer | May 23, 2007 9:50 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A report this month from The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) shows a decline in the number of fatal occupational injuries in the U.S. during the year 2005. The report is based on data that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) collected from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI).For 2005, BLS reported a total of 5,702* work-related fatal injuries and a rate of 4.0...

• Hispanic group promotes workplace safety

  Staff Writer | May 10, 2007 10:01 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The Birmingham News reported last week that a team of Hispanic business owners and contractors has come together to create the Association of Hispanic Contractors to help improve workplace safety in the area. The group of 55 seeks to lower workplace injuries."Our focus is on education and safety," said Martinez, president of the new group. "Safety in our community is a big issue and with us...

• North Carolina man dies of injuries

  Staff Writer | April 23, 2007 10:52 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The Fayette Observer reported that a man crushed by a backhoe at a gravel pit died from his worksite injuries. As he was operating the backhoe on the job at his family's gravel pit, it slid off an embankment and flipped onto him. He was sadly crushed, and died about one week later. Many workplace injuries occur each year, sometimes because of worker mistakes and sometimes because the right...

• Workplace shooting leaves one dead, two injured

  Staff Writer | April 10, 2007 8:42 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A laid-off employee in Michigan opened fire with a 12-guage shotgun on his former office and co-workers Monday, killing a woman and injuring the firm's two partners.The office shooting occured in Troy at Gordon Advisors Accounting Firm, where employees reportedly barracaded themselves in their offices and hid during and after the shooting. Police officers on the scene removed the employees in...

• Construction accident causes worksite injuries

  Staff Writer | March 29, 2007 4:38 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Today in San Francisco on Nob Hill, four construction workers at a residential remodel site were injured when a cave-in occurred in the basement of the building. The men reportedly worked for Dore Construction, and were using jackhammers and other tools when the earth came loose, crumbled and trapped them for a time in the rubble. A report on the construction accident from SFGate.com offers...

• San Francisco construction accident injures workers

  Staff Writer | March 29, 2007 4:32 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A construction accident in San Francisco that injured four workers has prompted an investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA) for the state of California.Bay City News Wire reported that the accident happened in a Nob Hill residential building where a team of workers were renovating a basement and garage. San Francisco Fire Lt. Mindy Talmadge comments on the incident:...

• Construction workers risk more death and injury

  Staff Writer | February 21, 2007 8:52 AM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  An article from Workday Minnesota this week addresses the latest statistics from the Federal Bureau of Labor that say construction workers have the highest occupational incidence of injuries and deaths.The article says that construction worker deaths accounted for greater than 1 in 5 workplace fatalities in 2005, which amounts ot 1,186 construciton deaths out of 5,702 total workplace deaths that...

• Will slope shelving prevent workplace injuries?

  Staff Writer | February 13, 2007 10:01 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A news release from A Plus Warehouse on PR Web promoting their new slope schelving storage cabinets says that the product could help prevent more back and hand injuries in warehouses.The American Society of Safety Engineers has apparently endorsed this type of shelving, which allows workers to inspect products without picking everyone of them up. This could eliminate many of the hand and back...