Workplace Injuries

• Workplace Assaults

  Ken Margolin | March 03, 2007 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reports that an average of 1.7 million people annually were the victims of non-lethal workplace assaults during the period 1993-1999. Leading the way for types of employment carrying the greatest risk of assault, were nursing homes and hospitals. Retail operations, such as grocery stores, also carried a surprisingly high risk...

• Improved Safety For Social Workers Wins House Approval In Kentucky

  Lee Coleman | March 03, 2007 6:03 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  After the tragic death last October of Boni Frederick, a social service aid in Kentucky, who was fatally beaten and stabbed when she took a child for a home visit with it's mother in Henderson, a bill has finally been passed that should improve workers safety. The "Boni Frederick Bill" passed calling for about 4.8 million to hire 33 aids, and 76 social workers and clerical staff over the next 16...

• DART Railroad Construction Accident

  Christina Cole | February 28, 2007 12:08 AM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  A trench collapsed along a DART rail line that is under construction in Deep Ellum killing one worker and injuring another, officials say.The accident happened at 1:30pm on Friday at a worksite along Malcolm X Blvd. near Elm Street. The trench collapsed on two workers who were working to reset a water line between future Deep Ellum and Baylor stations along the planned Green Line rail...

• New Jersey Comp Benefits May Extend to Same Sex Couples

  Ricky Bagolie | February 27, 2007 10:57 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Same sex couples may be entitled to workers' compensation benefits as New Jersey has enacted a wide-ranging law recognizing same-sex civil unions. The measure puts civil unions on the same legal footing as marriages, and grants couples in civil unions the same rights, benefits and responsibilities as those in traditional marriages, but stops short of declaring the unions to be "marriages." The...

• Florida Dangerous Place for Construction Workers

  Eddie Farah | February 27, 2007 10:08 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It's a dubious distinction. Florida hit the highest number of job-related accidents, mainly around construction sites in 2004. 422 died on the workplace, according to the state. That's more than one a day. You can thank our multi-billion dollar building industry. The numbers were down but not much better in 2005 -- 404 -- still the second highest fatality count. White and hispanic males top...

• US Airways Sued By Union Over Wages

  Shannon Weidemann | February 27, 2007 12:44 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers has filed a lawsuit against the US Airways Group Inc. over wages. According to the union some of their workers are not getting the higher wages that they should have received when US Airways and America West merged. They said they had an agreement with the airline in the case that it was bought.The company, which was in...

• Worker killed in trench collapse

  Barry Doyle | February 27, 2007 12:30 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  Missouri man was killed when a 12-foot deep trench he was working in as part of a sewer project collapsed, burying him in earth past his legs. OSHA is investigating the accident.Once the victim is buried past his legs, the chances of death increase greatly because the pressure from the earth puts pressure on the diaphragm, resulting in suffocation.The article that was the basis of this story...

• People Affected by World Trade Center Illness Want Help

  Shannon Weidemann | February 26, 2007 3:33 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Of the people that were the first to respond to the call for help on September 11th, 60 percent are still feeling some effect on their health from that day. They suffer from asbestos exposure, reduced lung capacity and pulmonary fibrosis. Others who worked at Ground Zero or at the landfill where debris where taken are also suffering from so called World Trade Center Illness. Many blame the...

• Crane collapse kills worker, injures another

  Staff Writer | February 26, 2007 1:10 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A crane collapse accident at an ethanol construction site in Hereford, Texas, killed a worker and injured another Thursday. A report from KTEN.com says that the fatal accident happened at the White Energy Ethanol Refinery construction site. The collapse apparently happened when Fagen Incorporated employees were attempting to add a section to the crane. One worker was pronounced dead at the scene...

• Australia's Securities Regulator Sues James Hardie Over Asbestos Liability

  Ricky Bagolie | February 24, 2007 9:39 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  According to Bloomberg News, out of Sydney, Australia's securities regulator sued James Hardie Industries, the biggest seller of home sidings in the United States, claiming the company misled investors over the cost of compensating people sickened by asbestos.The chairman, Meredith Hellicar, the former chief executive officer, Peter MacDonald, and eight other officials face bans from running a...