June 18, 2012 by Fred Hosier
OK, let’s talk about “known hazards” as they’re called in the safety business. If you try to hand-feed an alligator, isn’t it possible you might get your hand bitten off? One Florida Everglades tour boat captain found it to be a legitimate workplace hazard.
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Tags: Capt. Doug's Everglades Tours, Florida Everglades, gator bites off captain's hand, workers' compensation
February 21, 2012 by Fred Hosier
Publix Supermarkets faces $182,000 in OSHA fines in connection with the amputation of an employee’s hand.
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Tags: amputation, Publix, Severe Violator Enforcement Program
February 8, 2012 by Fred Hosier
OSHA has fined an Oklahoma grain company in connection with an incident last August that caused two 17-year-olds to suffer leg amputations.
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Tags: caught in conveyor, grain company, leg amputations, machine guard
June 24, 2011 by Fred Hosier
OSHA wants to make significant changes to its injury reporting regulations. One involves which companies have to report. The other involves the situations that have to be reported.
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Tags: amputations, fatalities, hospitalization, industrial classification, injury reporting
June 17, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Once again, OSHA has proposed a million-dollar fine for an employer with a history of violations.
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Tags: amputation, fall hazards, Severe Violator Enforcement Program
April 25, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Q: When is workers’ compensation, the so-called “exclusive remedy” for employee injuries, not an exclusive remedy? A: When the injured employee can prove the company knew an injury was likely to occur.
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Tags: exclusive remedy, forklift, injury likely to occur, light duty, scissors lift, ThyssenKrupp, Workers' comp
March 22, 2011 by Fred Hosier
A worker at the Port of Oakland in California lost both her legs after being run over by a container lift that weighed several tons.
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Tags: CAL-OSHA, double amputation, lift truck
February 21, 2011 by Fred Hosier
A lawsuit in Florida alleges that lack of machine guarding left an employee disfigured.
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Tags: contract worker, lawsuit, machine guarding, severed
September 29, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Imagine this: Nine workers at one company suffer various types of amputations, ranging from part of a finger to most of an arm, yet the company has avoided paying large fines in many of the cases.
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Tags: amputations, Bimbo Bakeries, Cal/OSHA, large fines
September 27, 2010 by Fred Hosier
This story is a good reminder of the hazards when machines are shut down for cleaning, maintenance or to clear debris.
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Tags: cleaning, leg amputated, maintenance, trapped in machine
