Workplace Injuries

• OSHA cites alabama contractor following fatality at worksite

  Tom Methvin | October 20, 2006 4:37 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Titan Electric following the investigation of an August 2005 fatal accident in Auburn, Alabama. The worker was killed when he fell 40 feet from a concrete pole while working at Duck Samford Park where he was adjusting electrical lights. OSHA's investigation reportedly determined that safety equipment was...

• OSHA identifies 14,000 workplaces with high injury and illness rates

  Tom Methvin | October 15, 2006 4:42 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Approximately 14,000 employers have been notified by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 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. OSHA has explained to these employers that the notification was a proactive step to encourage employers to take steps now to reduce those...

• A trenching accident in Texas

  Tom Methvin | October 13, 2006 4:40 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A Texas construction contractor faces a proposed fine of $108,500 following a trenching accident that claimed a worker's life, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Utility Contractors of America LLC, Lubbock, Texas, a construction company headquartered in Wolfforth, Texas, was cited for two alleged willful and seven alleged serious violations for not protecting...

• Employers must list injury and illness summaries

  Tom Methvin | October 13, 2006 4:36 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Employers must now post a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred last year. The summary required to be filed must list the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred in 2005 and that were logged on the OSHA 300 form. Employment information about annual average number of employees and total hours worked during the calendar year is...

• Preventing falls of workers

  Tom Methvin | October 13, 2006 3:59 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Beasley Allen Law Firm currently represents a man who worked for a company that installed communication satellites. Our client was contracted to install a communication satellite in a truck terminal in North Alabama. Our client and his co-worker had never installed a satellite dish on top of a structure, but instead had always installed the dishes on the side of the building. Because this...

• Alabama crewman dies in fall from rig

  Staff Writer | July 23, 2006 2:13 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Eighteen-year-old Benjamin Sutherland of Concord died Friday when he fell from the rigging of the Vineyard Haven schooner Alabama to the deck. Mr. Sunderland was in his first year as crew on the 90-foot passenger vessel. The Coast Guard's Marine Safety Office in Providence is investigating the accident.