Authorities are investigating a gruesome fatality involving a teenager working at a restaurant. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: sewage pit, teenager, uncovered manhole
An OSHA investigation will determine whether any safety protocols were broken in connection with the drowning of a trainer by a killer whale at SeaWorld Orlando. Read the rest of this entry »
An employer is accused of violating workplace safety regulations after a worker was fatally struck by a mechanical horse during a party. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: bizarre accident, mechanical horse, struck in the head
Situations in which a falling item kills a worker aren’t that uncommon. But in this case, the thing that fell was alive. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: bizarre accident, crushed, worker killed
OSHA has issued several citations to the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in Oregon in connection with an incident in which an employee was killed by a falling tree. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: goggles, hard hat, helicopter, killed by falling tree
A sanitation employee, who was preparing to urinate while standing on a platform on the back of a garbage truck, fell off the truck as it was backing up. He was killed after the truck backed over him. His family is seeking workers’ comp benefits because of a modification made to the truck. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: garbage truck, intentional wrong exception, truck backed over him, workers' compensation
The Bureau of Labor Statistics says 10% of all workplace deaths are caused by employees being struck by objects or equipment. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Bureau of Labor Statistics, secure equipment, struck-by
OSHA is looking into an explosion that killed a truck driver in Seminole, OK. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: explosion, propane torch, trucker killed
Fourteen months after a workplace incident that burned nearly all the flesh from the crown of his head to the tip of his chin, a Texas man is waiting to hear whether he may be a candidate for a rare face transplant. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: face transplant, seriously burned, touched a high-voltage power line
Imagine this: You’re driving along a highway when suddenly a 44,000-pound coil of steel comes rolling toward you. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: coil fell off truck, improperly secured load, semi-trailer
Two companies face fines for a fatality in which an employee fell into a vat of melting chocolate. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: dies in vat of chocolate, Falls, floor openings, railing
Here’s proof that even falls from low heights can be fatal. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: fall from ladder, fatal, head injuries
Imagine this: One of your employees complains that a customer’s perfume made her so sick that she needs permanent and total disability benefits. We’re not making this up: It actually happened. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: asthma, perfume, permanent and total disability, preexisting condition, Workers' comp
A burned out light, two identical doors and an 18-foot fall add up to a costly jury verdict for one employer. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 18-foot fall, burned out light, costly jury verdict, disability
Virginia’s OSHA is investigating the death of a 14-year-old boy killed in an accident involving a commercial wood chipper. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: child labor law, Virginia OSHA, wood chipper
A seafood processing plant faces $66,800 in OSHA fines after a worker was crushed to death in an ice machine. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: crushed in ice machine, lock out, power down
An employee is injured while playing volleyball. He files for workers’ comp, saying it was part of his job. His employer disagrees, saying it wasn’t part of his tasks. Does the employee in this case get comp? Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: recreational activity, volleyball injury, Workers' comp
Here’s proof that workplace injuries happen in the service industry, too. And those injuries can lead to workers’ comp claims. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: back injury, casino dealer, service industry, workers' comp claims
An explosion at a worksite may cost an employee his leg, if attempts to reattach it fail. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: explosion, gas fumes, sever worker's leg
If one of your employees was injured in an exercise class, you wouldn’t expect that to be covered by workers’ comp. But that’s not how one court saw it. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: employee injured at gym, exercise class, Workers' comp
Workers’ comp boards and courts draw a fine line between what is and what isn’t a work-related injury that qualifies for benefits. See if you can guess how the court ruled in this case: Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: climbing into truck, ruptured tendon, shipping yard, tractor trailer, Workers' comp
Advice from a paramedic: Don’t do what this worker did when a nail flew into his eye. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: eye protection, face protection, nail in eye
Severe weather adds hazards for outdoor workers. A massive storm that unleashed a torrent of water with no warning led to an employee’s death at an excavation project in Texas. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: employee death, flash flood, outdoor workers
With the difficulty and expense that some parents have trying to find childcare, some companies may allow employees to bring their kids to work. But this case shows the need for strict rules about restricted areas in hazardous jobs. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 12-year-old buried in sand, bring kids to work, children at work sites
Imagine this: A company sponsors a Family Fun night of bowling for its employees and their families to improve morale. One employee injures his back while bowling. Does he get workers’ comp because this was an employer-sponsored event? Read the rest of this entry »
Work-related vehicle fatalities aren’t always at high speeds and on the open road. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: OSHA investigating, run over by dump truck, vehicle fatalities
Here’s a reminder about the importance of guarding against slip-and-falls. Read the rest of this entry »
An investigation is underway to determine what caused a monorail at Walt Disney World in Florida to slam into another, killing one train’s driver. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Disney World monorail crash, monorail death, monorail investigation
An employee of a woodworking business is hospitalized in intensive care after a piece of wood pierced his chest and exited his back. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: American Wood Source, impaled by piece of wood, impalement injuries
Emergency crews worked for more than three hours to rescue a 15-year-old from inside an auger which is used to grind up mulch. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: prohibited occupations for teenagers, Summerford Pallet, teen falls into auger
An employee helps a co-worker get a stuck bag of chips out of a workplace vending machine and in the process fractures his hip. Does he get workers’ comp or not? Read the rest of this entry »
An employee helps a co-worker get a stuck bag of chips out of a workplace vending machine and in the process fractures his hip. Does he get workers’ comp or not? Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: fractured hip, good Samaritan doctrine, personal comfort doctrine, snack machine, Workers' comp
A 20-year-old man has died from injuries he sustained when a container of clams fell on him at a food plant in Massachusetts. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Blount Fine Foods, forklift, hardhat
A 17-year-old worker at a grain elevator in Haswell, CO, was killed after being buried alive in a grain bin. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: buried alive in grain, entrapment in a bin, stored loose materials
While it didn’t cite Wal-Mart for a violation of a specific standard, OSHA has used its General Duty Clause to fine the retailer in the trampling death of a worker last November. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: OSHA General Duty Clause, Wal-Mart fined, Wal-Mart worker crushed to death
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