Workplace Injuries

• Construction Worker Dies at Spokane Wastewater Treatment Plant

  Michael Myers | December 13, 2006 6:06 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A large beam struck and killed a 26-year-old construction worker Tuesday at Spokane's wastewater treatment plant. The victim, Tizoc Gayton, lived in Post Falls, Idaho and worked for Garco Construction Inc.Mr. Gayton was removing shoring when a horizontal beam that was being removed fell on him.Constructions has been stopped while the accident is investigated by the state Department of Labor &...

• Will New Medicare Recovery Procedures Help Injured Workers?

  Ricky Bagolie | December 12, 2006 10:10 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is consolidating all of the functions and workloads related to Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) post-payment recoveries into one MSP recovery contract. The contract for the new national MSP Recovery Contractor (MSPRC) was implemented on October 2, 2006. The MSPRC will take over new MSP recovery claims and most existing claims. However, some...

• Gas worker dies in construction accident

  Staff Writer | December 11, 2006 2:32 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  A contract gas worker was blown out of a fijve-foot-deep hole and killed by head injuries from the accident, says a report on ABC 7 News TheDenverChannel.com. The victim was a man working with Schneider Energy Services, contracted by EnCana Oil and Gas. Apparently the gas line he was working on ruptured and blew him out of the hole, instantly killing him. The federal government's OSHA group is...

• Burlingame Restaurant Settles Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

  Christina Cole | December 10, 2006 10:43 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Owners of a now defunct Burlingame restaurant must compensate their former female employees a total of $230,000 for sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced.First Watch Restaurant, part of a corporation that has moved it's only California location out of state, has been ordered to pay the money as part of a settlement. Additionally, the corporation must also...

• Workplace Violence Still Causing Injuries And Death

  Bob Carroll | December 08, 2006 6:18 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  Here is a pop quiz from Confined Spaces. It reminds us it is not only accidents which are killing and injuring workers in America today.Violence Continues To Injure And Kill WorkersAlthough workplace violence has fallen from the second leading cause of death in the workplace to fourth, it remains a major source of injuries and fatalities in the workplace.A couple of good new studies on workplace...

• Crane accidents in Washington point to neglect

  Staff Writer | December 07, 2006 8:42 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The latest news about the Washington state crane accidents point to neglect, says a report by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. During the past three weeks, four cranes have been reported to have serious safety problems. It's most likely that the required maintenance and inspections that are standard for construction cranes have been insufficiently performed. The article reports:Besides a crane...

• Coal mine layoffs linked to accident

  Staff Writer | December 06, 2006 12:47 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Officials from Birmingham-based Drummond Company announced Monday that they would lay off 455 workers at the Shoal Creek Mine in western Jefferson County. Since October, the mine has been closed after extensive damage resulting from an underground blast 10 months ago. Though no one was killed in the February accident, there was so much damage that the mine was forced to shut down. Shoals Creek...

• Coal mining accidents spur safety recommendations

  Staff Writer | December 05, 2006 9:39 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The Mine Safety Technology and Training Commission just came out with more than 70 documented safety recommendations for miners. The goal is to prevent more deaths and injuries resulting from mining accidents. The mining industry has just experienced its worst year in many decades, with more deaths and injuries than most people can remember. An interesting article on insurancejournal.com details...

• 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...