Posts tagged osha

• Minnesota Seeing Way Too Many Construction Deaths

  Mike Bryant | August 31, 2011 12:57 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  While construction deaths declined nationally in 2010, Minnesota saw an increase. Construction deaths decreased 10 percent between 2009 and 2010 and by nearly 40 percent over the five years,...

• Great News That Construction Deaths Are Down In Minnesota

  Mike Bryant | September 28, 2010 9:45 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  There is most likely an issue with the economy and the numbers of jobs, but even with that, there is good news that the seven reported construction related deaths was just below half compared to an...

• Round Up: Safety Issues, Recalls, And Quiet Zones

  Mike Bryant | September 09, 2010 9:16 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  - Ford is back with another big auto recall this times it's 575,000 1998 to 2003 Windstar minivans in order to reinforce the vehicle's rear axle. Apparently they can corrode and fall off. Sounds...

• Emergency Payment Deadlines Coming Up In BP Oil Spill Cases

  Mike Bryant | September 05, 2010 7:06 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Toxic Substances
  

  The BP oil spill Emergency Payments protocol came out last week. Rep. John Conyers, the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee had a interesting review in the Huffington Post. The American...

• Turn Off The Safety Alarm : How Bad Could It Be?

  Mike Bryant | July 23, 2010 7:27 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Toxic Substances
  

  There is a reports today that the alarms were disabled on the Transocean Ltd.’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig before the explosions that started the oil disaster in the Gulf. The alarms had...

• The Spin Of The Oil Spill

  Mike Bryant | July 07, 2010 9:20 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Toxic Substances
  

  I was watching Kevin Costner testify the other day about the spin machine that could be an answer to the horrific tragedy in the Gulf. Hopefully, there will be some solutions soon. Until then, it...

• Companies Fined For Rosemount Anhydrous Ammonia Deaths

  Mike Bryant | June 13, 2010 5:38 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  In an update to a post I did back in December, the companies at fault for the Anhydrous Ammonia leak that killed two truck drivers have been fined. High Pressure Transports paid a $25,000 fine and...

• Information About The Oil Spill : A 14 Year-Old Speaks The Truth

  Mike Bryant | May 17, 2010 9:19 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Toxic Substances
  

  The stories keep coming out about what has gone wrong and what needs to happen concerning this nation tragedy. A 14 year-old recently hit the question right on the head. Why isn't BP giving us more...

• The Gulf Oil Spill: Should I Wait To Talk To A Lawyer?

  Mike Bryant | May 12, 2010 9:31 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Here at the Injuryboard we work to address common questions that get asked in our practice. When there is a tragedy like the Gulf Oil Spill, this can be a place where questions can be answered. Up...

• Onamia Homecoming Canceled Due To Car/Bus Crash

  Mike Bryant | October 10, 2009 11:56 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Friday afternoon, a 2003 Ford Taurus, was crossing Hwy. 169 from west Curley Avenue in Coleraine, when it pulled out in front of a school bus carrying the Ely High School football team. In the car...