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State to add post traumatic stress disorder to workers’ comp coverage


May 20, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Workers' comp, workplace violence

If an employee witnesses a horrific event at work, such as multiple people being shot to death, should workers’ compensation insurance cover treatment for post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?

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Former company president faces jail, huge fines for workers’ deaths


May 17, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: criminal charges, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, Transportation safety

A former company president faces prison and hefty fines in connection with two workers’ deaths due to hydrogen sulfide exposure.

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Fertilizer plant explosion: Did facility have safety exemption?


May 13, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Fatality, fire/explosion, In this week's e-newsletter, OSHA news, Special Report

Imagine being able to get an exemption from an OSHA regulation due to who buys your product. The fertilizer plant in Texas that recently exploded, killing 15 people, may have been doing just that.

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Bumble Bee tuna worker cooked to death in oven; Cal/OSHA issues fines


May 13, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Bizarre Accident of the Week, confined spaces, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, lockout/tagout, OSHA news

The death of a worker who was accidentally cooked to death in an industrial pressure cooker has resulted in fines for Bumble Bee tuna company.

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Supervisor to be tried in lab fire death of employee


May 8, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: criminal charges, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, PPE (protective equipment)

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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Did prior safety violations predict worker’s death in a meat blender?


May 6, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Bizarre Accident of the Week, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Investigations, Latest News & Views, OSHA news

Prior, less serious safety violations often foreshadow future, more tragic events. They did in the case of an employee who met his death in a meat blender.

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Is lack of lockout/tagout to blame for worker’s death in elevator shaft?


May 3, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, lockout/tagout

Firefighters who responded to a Florida resort to recover the body of a worker crushed by an elevator noticed a key safety step may have been missed while the employee was in the elevator shaft.

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What would prevent another fertilizer plant explosion? Public weighs in


May 1, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Analysis/Commentary, Fatality, Injuries, Latest News & Views, OSHA news

What would prevent another disaster like the recent fertilizer plant explosion in Texas that killed 15 people? A new poll has mixed reaction from the public on what the right solution is.

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Was police officer on duty at time of death? Widow seeks workers’ comp


April 29, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Bizarre Accident of the Week, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, new court decision, Special Report, Workers' comp

The New Mexico Supreme Court has ordered a trial court to take another look at a case involving a police officer who died while saving a drowning child. Whether he was in the course and scope of his employment at the time will determine if his widow gets workers’ comp death benefits.

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On Workers’ Memorial Day, safety group recommends ways to reduce deaths


April 28, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Fatality, Injuries, Latest News & Views, New rules and regulations, OSHA news

Today (April 28, 2013) is Workers’ Memorial Day. The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) has made a series of recommendations to reduce the number of workplace fatalities, which still number more than 4,000 per year in the U.S.

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