Report: OSHA didn’t follow procedures when issuing guidance documents
A new report says in 80% of cases analyzed, OSHA didn’t follow proper procedures when issuing guidance documents.
Safety Management
Killed in company vehicle crash on the way home: Does widow get death benefits?
An estimator, who traveled as part of his job, died when his work vehicle was involved in a crash on the way home. During the commute, he talked to his boss on the phone. Did his widow get workers’ comp death benefits?
No relief after wrist surgery: Can injured employee get more comp benefits?
This office worker was already receiving workers’ comp benefits for a wrist injury. Then she had surgery, but her condition didn’t improve. Can she get additional comp benefits?
Company fined $1.3M, named Severe Violator for variety of willful, serious violations
OSHA fined an Ohio metal heat treatment company more than $1 million for a variety of willful and serious violations and placed it in the Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
Court rules injured contract workers entitled to $2.5M in civil damages from employer
An appeals court recently upheld a decision that two contract agricultural employees were entitled to $2.5 million in civil damages from the sugarcane farm where they were working.
Indicator tracking gets plant back on track
One of our plants had record low incident rates and record high safety walk participation, corrective action completion rates, employee training and behavior-based safety.
Will widow get death benefits after day laborer killed her husband?
An administrative law judge ruled Juan Cuen Amavizca’s widow should receive workers’ comp death benefits after her husband was killed by a day laborer. Did an appeals court uphold the ALJ’s ruling?
Subcontractor didn’t have workers’ comp insurance: Is general contractor responsible?
Six employees were injured at a construction site. The general contractor found out the subcontractor that employed the injured workers didn’t have workers’ comp insurance. Did the injured workers get benefits from the general contractor’s policy?
Fungal infection due to trenching on the job or hay on employee’s hobby farm?
An employee contracted a fungal infection in his lungs while digging a trench, but his employer claimed he got the infection while bailing hay on his hobby farm. Was the employee able to get benefits?
