May 20, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Within the course of one week, an employee suffered an incident involving her leg at home and then another incident involving her leg at work. She applied for workers’ comp, claiming the injuries were caused by the work incident. Her employer denied her comp claim on the grounds that the first incident at home caused her injuries.
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Tags: meniscus tear, Whole Foods, Workers' comp, workplace injury
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 15, 2013 by Fred Hosier
A group of Hispanic custodians in Colorado are claiming they are victims of discrimination because their employer isn’t providing various workplace documents — including those involving safety training — in Spanish.
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Tags: custodians, EEOC, safety training in Spanish, understand English
May 10, 2013 by Fred Hosier
It’s been estimated that for every lost time injury of more than three days, there are dozens of prior non-injury incidents. So why don’t workers report more near-misses so there are fewer serious injuries?
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Tags: ASSE, Caterpillar Safety Services, near misses, near-miss reporting
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 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
April 26, 2013 by Fred Hosier
New research shows another form of using a cell phone when driving is not only dangerous, it’s no safer than the hazardous behavior it’s meant to replace.
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Tags: hands-free cell phone, text while driving, using cell phone while driving, voice-to-text
April 22, 2013 by Fred Hosier
A hospital employee was injured while driving home after being called into work to assist with emergency surgery. Does she get workers’ comp?
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Tags: hospital employee, injured on way home from work, on-call employee, Workers' comp
April 19, 2013 by Fred Hosier
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
April 15, 2013 by Fred Hosier
A worker’s doctors said exposure to chemicals at work caused occupational asthma and respiratory failure. An expert hired by the company said her breathing problems were due to smoking and morbid obesity. How did a court rule when she sued to get workers’ comp benefits?
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Tags: chemical exposure, occupational asthma, respiratory failure, Workers' comp
