Safety coordinator, general manager charged with lying during OSHA investigation
A federal grand jury has indicted two managers, alleging they lied and threatened employees during an OSHA investigation into an employee’s death.
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Disability accommodation: Did company do enough to find special steel-toe boots?
A job requires steel-toe boots for safety. An injured worker can’t wear traditional steel-toe boots. What is a company supposed to do?
Injured worker fired for not being able to do his job: Is that disability discrimination?
A jury ruled a company discriminated against an employee when it fired him for not being able to do his job after a workplace injury. Did an appeals court uphold the jury verdict?
Court orders Conagra to pay $109M settlement in fatal Slim Jim plant explosion
The Nebraska Supreme Court says Conagra must pay a $108.9 million jury verdict for a 2009 fatal natural gas explosion at a factory that produced Slim Jims in North Carolina.
Did mold exposure create a compensable injury under workers’ comp?
There’s no question this former employee was exposed to mold at work. After the exposure, she developed an inflammatory illness that can affect the lungs. Did workers’ comp cover her condition?
Maine Supreme Court says workers’ comp doesn’t have to pay for medical marijuana
For a while, it seemed states were slowly accepting that medical marijuana would be covered under workers’ compensation. But a Maine court decision goes against that trend.
New report: Less OSHA enforcement than two years ago
Two factors are reducing the number of OSHA inspections conducted in the last couple of years, according to a new report.
Fainted at work, hit her head: Why did court award workers’ comp benefits?
No one is arguing that this employee’s fainting spell on the job wasn’t caused by work. So why did she receive workers’ comp benefits after a recent court ruling?
Report: Hot work and maintenance shutdown combined for fatal blast
In the wake of an explosion that killed three contractors and injured seven more, a U.S. government investigatory agency is calling on OSHA to expand its Process Safety Management regulations – a recommendation that was made after another fatal explosion back in 2001.
