June 10, 2010 by Fred Hosier
In the wake of the April 20 oil rig explosion that killed 11 workers, an article by ProPublica, an investigative journalism website, quotes former BP employees as saying management pressured or harassed them not to report safety problems.
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Tags: BP, David Michaels, injury logs, pressured not to report safety problems
April 20, 2010 by Fred Hosier
A jury in Alabama awarded $10 million to a woman whose husband died in a workplace incident in 2008.
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Tags: Fatality, fell 150 feet, jury verdict
March 22, 2010 by Fred Hosier
As more and more companies use independent contractors to do work formerly handled by employees, these questions come up more often: Employee or contractor? Eligible for workers’ comp or not?
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Tags: contractor or employee, taxi cab drivers, Workers' comp
December 28, 2009 by Fred Hosier
You’re probably aware of the campaigns to get drivers to slow down in road construction zones. But while governments have been focusing on that, they’ve paid less attention to the role of contractors in construction zone crashes.
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Tags: contractors, stimulus funds, work-zone crashes
December 7, 2009 by Fred Hosier
At least 10 companies with prior records of workplace safety violations have received millions in federal stimulus contracts in one state.
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Tags: cave-in, OSHA violations, stimulus contracts, trenches
September 29, 2009 by Fred Hosier
A jury in Illinois has awarded the family of a worker $6.74 million after he died at an Archer Daniels Midland plant in 2007.
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Tags: Archer Daniels Midland, record jury verdict, third degree burns
August 28, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Ever want to give your point of view to attorneys who represent workplace accident victims and always seem to blame the employer? Well, now’s your chance, especially after one New York injury attorney released a statement that expresses his bewilderment over continuing construction accidents.
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Tags: construction deaths, David Perecman, scaffold
August 17, 2009 by Fred Hosier
The head of Oregon OSHA has suggested raising fines for serious workplace safety violations. But some large companies say higher fines won’t make them any safer.
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Tags: ConAgra, higher OSHA fines, Oregon OSHA
August 4, 2009 by Fred Hosier
A construction fatality in Texas has spurred criticism of OSHA’s recent inspection increase. But not all of the criticism is the same.
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Tags: OSHA crackdown, Texas construction, worker fatality
May 15, 2009 by Fred Hosier
OSHA is investigating the death of a worker in West Palm Beach, FL, who was crushed to death by an elevator.
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Tags: crushed by falling elevator, death of worker, OSHA investigating
April 9, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Yesterday Safety News Alert told you how a court ruling expanded a state’s workers’ comp law to give companies immunity from being sued by contract employees. Today we have an example of what can happen when a state’s comp law doesn’t include that exemption.
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Tags: Clark Oil, worker killed in an explosion, workers' compensation
April 8, 2009 by Fred Hosier
A premises owner can’t be sued by an injured employee of a contractor, according to the Texas Supreme Court.
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Tags: Entergy, sued by injured employee, workers' compensation
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