Workplace Injuries

• Construction accident at Spring Hill College

  Staff Writer | December 04, 2006 1:08 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The Press-Register reported Friday that a construction worker from Alabama died in an accident at Spring Hill College on Thursday. The victim was working on the third floor close to an elevator shaft when a concrete wall fell on and crushed him. Though the reason for the accident is not clear yet, an Occupational Safety and Health Adminstration (OSHA) investigator has been inspecting the scene....

• IBM plant workers fear cancer injuries

  Staff Writer | November 29, 2006 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  An interesting article in USA Today reports that a number of IBM workers who spend time working in manufacturing plants, especially those in East Fishkill, NY and Burlington, VT, developed cancer later in life. These alleged worksite injuries are raising concern among former IBM employees.One 55-year-old woman who worked in an IBM plant during the 1970s believes that the company is to blame for...

• Near miss when crane crashes at worksite

  Staff Writer | November 21, 2006 10:20 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A crane accident in Colorado Springs last week in an open roadway of the COSMIX construction zone, fortunately not injuring anyone in the process. According to a report on Gazette.com, this was the third such mishap involving a crane in the construction site since April. One of the worksite accidents killed a worker. "This raises major concerns," said John Healy, area director for the...

• Most dangerous jobs in America

  Staff Writer | November 16, 2006 12:55 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  MSNBC.com and Forbes.com just posted an interesting article about the most dangerous jobs for American workers. Commercial fishing and truck driving top the list of careers that bring the most injuries and deaths each year in our country. Anyone who drives on our nation's highways often for their career is at higher risk of injury or death, according to the article. This includes traveling...

• Preventing eye injury in the workplace

  Staff Writer | November 15, 2006 1:08 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Eye injuries in the workplace may be caused by a number of factors, including an unsafe environment, an employee's lack of training or failure to follow proper safety practices. An article on OccupationalHazards.com offers advice on how to improve safety in the workplace and prevent eye injury among workers. In one case, a 24-year-old worker lost his left eye when a pallet when a co-worker swung...

• Construction site injury shocks man

  Staff Writer | November 14, 2006 12:40 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  MyrtleBeachOnline reported a construction accident today in which a subcontractor was shocked while installing parking lot light poles at a middle school construction site near Conway. The worksite accident involved a crane boom hoisting a light pole, which fell and struck power lines. As a result 27-year-old Sherrod Sellars suffered second-degree burns on his stomach and third-degree burns on...

• Coal mine accidents cause 43 deaths this year

  Staff Writer | November 03, 2006 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The coal mining industry is facing one of the most difficult years it has had in history, as the year's death toll has already reached 43. This is the highest number of deaths resulting from coal mining accidents in more than a decade, according to an article in The Daily Athenaeum Interactive of West Virginia. Apparently these worksite injuries and deaths occur more often during the winter...

• Improving safety in the workplace

  Staff Writer | November 02, 2006 10:06 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Unfortunately, worksite injuries continue to plague America's workplaces, even with the improvements that have been made. An interesting article in Looking Fit Magazine offers some helpful advice to both employers and employees in all types of workplaces looking to become safer. The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) reported that more than 5,700 workers died from workplace...

• OSHA reports targeted inspection plan for 2005

  Tom Methvin | October 20, 2006 4:41 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that its 2005 site-specific targeting (SST) plan will focus on approximately 4,400 high-hazard worksites for unannounced comprehensive inspections over the coming year. Jonathan Snare, Deputy Assistant Decretary of Labor for OSHA, made this observation: Our targeted inspection program maximizes the effectiveness of our...

• employers cited by OSHA for high worker injury rates

  Tom Methvin | October 20, 2006 4:39 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Approximately 14,000 employers have been notified that injury and illness rates at their worksites are higher than average and that assistance is available to help them fix safety and health hazards. In a letter last month to those employers, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) explained that the notification was a proactive step to encourage employers to take steps...