Retail giant Wal-Mart appears to be out $10 million in connection with a serious injury suffered by a truck driver who was making a delivery to one of the chain’s stores in northern Colorado.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Colorado, jury verdict, slip and fall, Wal-Mart
Know anyone dressing up as a zombie for Halloween? You might want to pass along this story.
Read the rest of this entry »
On his way to work, an employee parks his car and walks to the facility entrance. He slips, falls, and seriously injures his knee on an icy/snowy sidewalk. The incident didn’t occur on the company’s property. Despite that, the company is still on the hook for workers’ comp. Why?
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: icy sidewalk, slip and fall, Workers' comp
A worker at a grocery store fell 11 feet onto a concrete floor and suffered broken bones and head trauma. Instead of calling 911, store management lifted the worker into a wheelchair and pushed him to a dock to wait for a relative to take him to the hospital.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: broken bones, emergency services, employee fall, General Duty Clause, head trauma, Market Basket, repeat citation
OSHA says it’s trying to level the playing field with new rules for residential construction. But some builders say the new rules are having the opposite effect: They’re tilting the field in such a way that cheaters are prospering, and those who comply are in danger of falling over the edge.
Read the rest of this entry »
A supermarket is facing OSHA fines after an inspection found night shift employees were locked in and not allowed to leave the building without the employer’s permission.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: employees locked in, locked exits, Mermaid Meat Co., obstructed exits, supermarket, Triangle Shirtwaist fire
One worker was killed, another remains hospitalized in critical condition after the collapse of a zip line tower on Hawaii’s Big Island.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: GoZip LLC, Hawaii, internal injuries, tower collapse, zip line
A company with 14 affiliates spread across the country has agreed to pay a $34,750 fine to settle OSHA citations. That doesn’t sound too bad for a big, nationwide construction company. But it’s only the tip of the iceberg.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 30-hour OSHA course, construction company, enterprise-wide settlement agreement, fall protection, OSHA citations, safety program
Imagine this: You’re being treated in a hospital emergency room. The medical professional attending to you tries to make ER small talk by asking, “How’d this happen?” And you answer …
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: bathroom, CDC, Falls, hypotension, toilet
Dealing with workers’ comp is frustrating enough. But losing a case over a technicality is even more so.
Tags: light duty, rehabilitation, shoulder injury, Workers' comp
Lack of machine guarding can prove fatal in all sorts of businesses.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: bowling, machine guarding, personal fall arrest system
OSHA is investigating the death of a worker at a sausage factory in Lawton, OK.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: cleaning machinery, energized, meat grinder
An injured worker turns out to be an illegal immigrant. His injuries prohibit him from doing the type of physical labor he previously did. He could do sedentary work, but he doesn’t have the skills. Does he get permanent total disability (PTD) benefits under workers’ comp?
Tags: Florida, illegal immigrant, permanent total disability, sedentary work, Workers' comp
Indiana OSHA has agreed to cut almost in half proposed fines to the University of Notre Dame in connection with the death of a student who was filming a football practice last fall. The university has agreed to take a number of steps as part of the settlement.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: IOSHA, Notre Dame, scissor lift, settlement agreement, student death
Once again, OSHA has proposed a million-dollar fine for an employer with a history of violations.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: amputation, fall hazards, Severe Violator Enforcement Program
Is this the adult version of “my dog ate my homework”?
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: broken arm, JC Penney, tripped over dog, work at home, Workers' comp
A state supreme court has weighed in on whether punitive damages awarded by a jury to a paralyzed worker were too large.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: fall, fractured spine, inspection program, paralyzed worker, punitive damages, Qwest
OSHA can’t send people responsible for workplace safety to jail. But they can refer cases to local prosecutors who are able to seek prison time. That’s what happened in this case, and now two men will be locked up.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: fall, fall protection, harnesses, involuntary manslaughter, owner jailed
Yep, there are differences in the injuries suffered by older workers compared to their younger counterparts. But it’s not all bad news for veteran workers.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: CDC, days away from work, Falls, Injuries, older workers
A company recently was fined $563,000 for 10 OSHA violations. How did a relatively small number of fines add up to that large amount?
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: fall, lockout/tagout, manufacturer, repeat violations, willful violations
An employee says he was injured at work. But wait: He had previously suffered a similar injury and was being treated for it. Does the employee get workers’ comp benefits for the injury?
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: fall, preexisting condition, shoulder injury, Workers' comp
Sometimes the simplest safety fixes, such as a simple modification to a ladder, can help save a worker’s life.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: brown lung, cotton dust, fall from ladder, Parkdale America
In the comics, Spider-Man worked without fall protection. Actors in a new show based on the comic can’t do that, and four on-stage injuries have caught OSHA’s attention.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: fall protection, harnesses, Spider-Man
How did a company successfully appeal a safety citation and get an administrative law judge (ALJ) to order OSHA to pay the employer’s attorney fees?
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: attorneys' fees, Equal Access to Justice Act, fall protection, Paramount Advance Wireless, unpreventable employee misconduct
Part of workplace safety is identifying risks. However, sometimes it’s difficult to imagine a series of events like this one that left a worker severely injured.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: bizarre series of events, boom, cutting torch, hydraulic hose
Did a maintenance worker willfully enter a trash compactor, or did he fall in? That’s one question involved with a lawsuit filed by the worker’s children, alleging wrongful death.
Read the rest of this entry »
Authorities have arrested the former and current owner of a St. Louis, MO, business for failing to comply with court orders to pay more than a quarter of a million dollars in OSHA fines.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: failure to pay OSHA fines, fall protection, owners arrested, scaffolding
Protector of safety vs. the web-slinger. Who wins?
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: safety harness, Spiderman, Turn Off the Dark
A company faces OSHA fines in connection with the death of a cameraman at a motocross event.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: fall from lift, lockout, Lucas Oil Production Studios, scissor lift, Thunder Valley Motocross
An electrical contract worker was killed and another employee was critically injured after they fell 30 feet from a scissor lift.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: contract worker, forklift, scissor lift
The Occupational Safety and Health Act allows OSHA to issue higher fines when a company has been cited previously for a similar penalty. A recent case defines when the agency can and can’t use that tactic.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: fall protection, OSHRC, repeat violation, roofing, Sharon & Walter Construction, worker fell
An employee suffered a hernia at home but claimed it was work-related. Did he get workers’ comp benefits?
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: hernia, injury at home, spinal cord stimulator, work-related injury, workers' comp benefits
A former executive assistant at a Detroit law group has filed a lawsuit alleging, because of a Mad Men like atmosphere, she was required to wear high heels which caused her to trip and injure her back. She sued after the firm didn’t provide her with a job after medical leave.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Honigman, tripped and fell, tripped in high heels, Workers' comp
Companies that OSHA places in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program (SVEP) can count on multiple safety inspections with accompanying large fines for infractions.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: dust, fall protection, follow-up inspections, lockout, Severe Violator Enforcement Program
The Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) has upheld an instance-by-instance OSHA fine involving the deaths of two Missouri construction company employees.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: egregious willful violations, fall protection, OSHRC, Thomas Industrial Coatings
Loading ...
