Former business owner faces manslaughter/homicide charges
A grand jury in New Hampshire has handed up indictments of the former owner of a gunpowder manufacturing plant in the deaths of two workers.
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Fatality: Worker buried up to his head in trench collapse
A carpenter was buried up to the top of his head in the collapse of a 12-foot ditch. The situation was so dangerous that rescuers couldn’t remove his body until two days later.
Top 10 OSHA fines of 2011
OSHA issued plenty of six- and seven-figure fines in 2011. Here are ten examples of what companies did to become part of a club no one would want to be a member of.
State lawmaker wants workers’ comp for traffic crash
Anyone who has dealt with workers’ comp knows this: Usually, injuries during trips to and from work aren’t covered. But a state representative in Oklahoma has an interesting argument on why he should get workers’ comp for a traffic crash.
Labor Dept. seeks to force company to comply with safety regs
The U.S. Labor Department has asked the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) to order a supermarket chain to comply with OSHA regulations involving fall and laceration hazards.
Bizarre accident: Man killed in wood chipping incident was decapitated
Authorities have corrected earlier reports that said a worker on a team clearing debris in Nevada City, CA, had been killed in a wood chipper. The machine was involved in the fatality, but the worker was not pulled into it.
Supervisor faces prison time in employee’s death
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office has filed criminal charges against a college professor who supervised a UCLA lab where a staff research assistant was killed in a fire three years ago. The University of California also faces millions of dollars in criminal fines in the case.
Company to pay $1.65M in fire deaths of 5 workers
In a rare criminal prosecution of a company for safety violations, a California-based company will pay $1.65M in connection with the deaths of five workers in a fire at a power plant in Colorado.
Should states ban all cell phone use by drivers?
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has called upon states to ban drivers’ use of cell phones and any personal electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle. Let the debate begin!
