A former company president faces prison and hefty fines in connection with two workers’ deaths due to hydrogen sulfide exposure.
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Tags: company president faces prison, hydrogen sulfide, PACES, workers' deaths
A judge has ordered a UCLA chemistry professor to stand trial in the death of a 23-year-old research assistant who died from burns she received in a lab fire.
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Tags: lab fire, Patrick Harran, Sheharbano Sangji, UCLA
What will some people do to get their safety bonus? One safety manager hid more than 80 injuries to get a $2.5 million payout.
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Tags: falfisying injury records, nuclear plants, safety bonus, TVA
Here’s an update of a story we’ve been following. The owner and a manager of a printing company have pleaded guilty to criminal charges in connection with the death of a 26-year-old pregnant employee who was crushed by a machine. The owner faces time in prison.
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Tags: Cal/OSHA, criminal charges, crushed by a machine, prison
A U.S. Attorney has said there’s insufficient evidence to seek criminal charges against Imperial Sugar or its executives in connection with the 2008 explosion that killed 14 workers and hospitalized 40 more. The case shows just how difficult it is to bring these sort of charges under current U.S. laws.
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Tags: criminal charges, Imperial Sugar explosion, intentional disregard, plain indifference, sugar dust
Tell supervisors to think twice before removing a manufacturer’s safety device on a machine, even if workers ask that it be done.
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Tags: removal of manufacturer's safety device, safety device, tractor, vineyard
How could one employee rack up $2.7 million worth of workers’ comp fraud? It can really add up when the case dates back 17 years.
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Tags: corrections officer, Florida Bureau of Workers' Compensationn Fraud, rat feces, workers' comp fraud
The bad news: Some employers commit workers’ comp fraud to reduce costs so they can underbid honest companies. The good news: Many of the cheaters get caught and face serious penalties, as in this case.
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Sure, the fines against BP for the Deepwater Horizon explosion may be some of the largest ever in U.S. history. But isn’t the bigger headline the criminal charges against four BP employees? Some are saying this is a significant shift in government policy.
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Tags: BP, criminal charges, Deepwater Horizon, manslaughter
The owner of a painting business has escaped a prison sentence but will be on probation for a year in connection with the work-related death of one of his employees.
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Tags: electrocuted, energized power line, fall hazards, prison sentence
