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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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Does safety training for these custodians need to be in Spanish?


May 15, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, Safety training

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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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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Getting employees to report more near-misses


May 10, 2013 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Injuries, Latest News & Views, Safety training

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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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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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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