May 20, 2013 by Fred Hosier
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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Tags: post traumatic stress disorder, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, shot to death, Workers' comp
May 17, 2013 by Fred Hosier
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
May 13, 2013 by Fred Hosier
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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Tags: fertilizer plant explosion, OSHA, process safety management, Texas, West
May 13, 2013 by Fred Hosier
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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Tags: bumble bee, Cal/OSHA, confined space, cooked to death, energy control
May 8, 2013 by Fred Hosier
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
May 6, 2013 by Fred Hosier
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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Tags: death in meat blender, Interstate Meat Distributors, lockout, Oregon OSHA
May 3, 2013 by Fred Hosier
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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Tags: death in elevator shaft, lockout/tagout, TradeWinds Island Resorts, worker's death
May 1, 2013 by Fred Hosier
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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Tags: better enforcement, fertilizer plant explosion, workplace safety regulations
April 29, 2013 by Fred Hosier
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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Tags: death benefits, police officer death, save drowning child, Workers' comp
April 28, 2013 by Fred Hosier
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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Tags: injury and illness prevention program, National COSH, workers' memorial day, workplace fatalities
