Workplace Injuries

• Four CSX Workers Injured When Trains Collide

  Lee Coleman | October 26, 2006 6:44 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Early Tuesday morning in downtown Catlettsburg two train engines collided injuring 4 crew members of CSX Railroad sending them to the hospital. CSX Railroad did not release the names or condition of the workers although Catlettsburg police said the injuries appeared to be minor. There were two locomotives on each train with no rail cars attached to either. One locomotive derailed, the other...

• Work Accident Claims Life of Dry Ridge Man

  Lee Coleman | October 22, 2006 6:41 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  A 25 year old Dry Ridge man died on October 14th in Florence while working on a dump truck. Ryan Cases' clothing got caught in the power takeoff. He was working for Len Riegler Blacktopping. He had been a truck driver for a number of years but had only recently went to work for the blacktop company on Weaver Road. According to the Boone County Sheriff's Department, co-workers found Case and cut...

• 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...

• 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...

• Hold The Applause For Work Comp Rate Reductions

  Bob Carroll | October 18, 2006 2:41 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  Over at Insurance Journal we are told Florida is providing a significant boost to Florida businesses in the form of a 15.7% reduction in the workers' compensation insurance rates. The reduction is supposed to produce a savings of $400 Million for Florida employers. I would join the cheering and applause if the entire savings had not been built on the backs of injured workers whose benefits and...

• Worksite Injury Victim Passes Away

  Staff Writer | October 17, 2006 5:44 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  A man injured in an electrical accident in August died at the hospital last week. Scott Shelton was working at a construction site for a Super Wal-Mart in Bloomington IN, when he was injured.Shelton, an employee of Electromation Inc., in Muncie, was injured Aug. 26 after an electrical panel he and two other men were working on was charged with 12,000 volts of electricity and shorted. The...

• 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...

• When The Employer Is Reckless What Should Penalty Be?

  Bob Carroll | October 14, 2006 8:51 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  I have investigated an "accident" at a large industrial facility in Florida that happened because the company had intentionally by-passed the safety interlock system on six giant machines. Why had the safety systems been by-passed? To increase the production of the machines and avoid shutdowns.In my mind, the terrible injury sustained by my client was no "accident" - it was an inevitable...

• 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...