Workplace Injuries

• Increase in Composting Means More Safety

  Mike Bryant | January 17, 2012 7:40 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Not everything is an exact science and methods of composting are one of them. Job related deaths have occurred regardless of the procedures set in place for safety. There were three workers who...

• Mining Disastes. . . How Soon Our Legislators Forget

  Greg Webb | January 06, 2012 3:29 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Lawmakers once again are facing a new legislative calendar and some tough bills, including ones concerning mining safety. Despite the mining disasters our country has seen over the past decade,...

• Clergy Sex Abuse Survivors Could Benefit From California Court Ruling

  David Mittleman | January 06, 2012 1:03 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  The California Supreme Court is now considering the case of six brothers, now in their 40s and 50s, who claim they suffered sexual abuse by a priest the area diocese knew to be a predator. The...

• OSHA fines contractor of Passaic River bridge project for safety hazards

  Paul Napoli | December 28, 2011 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A contractor is facing fines for safety violations that exposed workers to dangerous conditions at the Passaic River bridge project in Clifton, NJ. The U.S. Department of Labor's...

• NYC Woman Killed In Elevator Accident

  Chrissie Cole | December 16, 2011 12:18 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A woman, 41, was tragically killed when the elevator she stepped onto malfunctioned and lurched forward pinning her between the outside of the car and the wall of the elevator...

• OSHA finds serious safety violations at Manhattan and Bronx construction sites

  Paul Napoli | December 16, 2011 12:15 AM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed fines totaling $181,560 against numerous contractors for exposing workers to dangerous hazards...

• OSHA fines salons, beauty schools for exposing stylists to formaldehyde in hair smoothing products

  Paul Napoli | December 12, 2011 4:53 PM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Despite U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) warnings about dangerous levels of formaldehyde released into the air from hair smoothing or...

• Safety News You Can Use! - November 27, 2011

  Lindsay Rakers | November 27, 2011 9:31 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Louis, MO

  Many injuries occur in our workplaces each day. OSHA regulations are designed to help reduce the number of accident and exposure injuries at work. Safety is the best way to prevent injuries....

• MTA was worried about rising injury rate on LIRR tunnel project before falling concrete hit a worker

  Paul Napoli | November 20, 2011 6:14 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  November 19, 2011 Officials had concerns about the increasing number of injuries on a Long Island Rail Road tunnel construction before a chunk of falling concrete killed a sandhog. ...

• Fork lift fatality??

  Tom Hastings | November 16, 2011 10:45 AM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  A fall from a skid atop a forklift, at Tri County Converters and Scrap Metal Recycling, claimed the life of a 38-year-old man on November 2, according to Edinburg Fire Chief Allen Smith....