Political Scaff: Data Tampering by Anti-Safety Biz Advocates Exposed in Vital...
An article from the Albany Times-Union shows evidence of data tampering in a report on the state’s contentious scaffolding law. Between the initial draft and a final version of the report, the...
View ArticlePLA on Mass. Bridge Project Mandated Safety Training that Saved Stranded...
Boating of all types is wildly popular in the Newburyport area. When Newburyport, Massachusetts resident Rosalie Cuticchia found herself in danger during a recent kayak excursion, an unlikely team of...
View ArticleMillion Dollar Settlement Results from Worker Death at American Apparel Factory
Los Angeles-based American Apparel has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a civil suit after a worker was “mangled and killed” by a knitting machine at its Garden Grove facility. The employee,...
View ArticleNew Rules Will Force Employers to Report Hospitalizations, Amputations They...
New rules put in place by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will require employers to report workplace related hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24...
View ArticleScores of Amputations, 1000s of Injuries Lead to $1.76M Fine at Ashley...
The deluxe edition of this sofa unit comes with a severed thumb. Over 4,500 people work at the Ashley Furniture facility in Arcadia, Wisconsin. Stunningly, during the three-and-a-half year period...
View ArticleDeath in Numbers: North Carolina Is Cooking the Workplace Fatality Books,...
Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry A long read investigative report from The Charlotte News & Observer took a deeper look into the on-the-job fatality numbers provided by the North Carolina...
View ArticleToo Familiar: Faulty Equipment Kills Bar Worker, Bar Is Penalized… $7000
A dumbwaiter is a food elevator OSHA has cited the WingDam Saloon and Grill in Fountain City, Wisconsin for a serious violation following the death of a worker who got her head caught in an unsafe...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs Limits Interns to 17-Hour Workday, Impressing Absolutely No One
Goldman Sachs has told its 2,900 interns to take it easy this summer by limiting themselves to a 17-hour day. Yes, folks, you read that right. Working twice as many hours as a normal person is...
View ArticleConstruction Owner, Project Manager Sentenced to Unprecedented Jail Time for...
The work site in question. The owner of an Alameda, California construction company and a project manager have been sentenced to two years in prison for involuntary manslaughter following the death...
View ArticleMedical Journal: Unionized Construction Workers 29% Less Likely to Suffer...
A wide-ranging new Canadian study has found that unionized construction workers reported 23 percent fewer injuries that require time off than their non-unionized counterparts. The study was...
View ArticleCEO on Trial for Explosion that Killed 29: Stopping Black Lung Disease “Not...
The West Virginia case against ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship continued following the Columbus Day weekend with jurors hearing recordings of phone calls in which Blankenship downplayed the...
View ArticleReport Reveals Brutal Reality of Workers’ Comp “Middlemen” Inflating Costs...
image via PHX News A recent report from ProPublica explores the world of the “Workers’ Comp Industrial Complex,” wherein a group of middlemen have succeeded in “cutting costs” for companies at the...
View ArticleAFL-CIO Releases Annual “Death on the Job Report”; OSHA Fines Still Woefully Low
The AFL-CIO released its annual “Death on the Job Report,” marking the 25th year the organization has produced a report detailing the state of worker safety. The report is known for providing...
View ArticleOSHA Boosting Public Record-Keeping of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses;...
OSHA has issued a new final rule that will require employers to keep a record of its employees’ injuries and illnesses in hopes of identifying hazards and preventing additional or similar injuries...
View ArticleA Vote for Precedent: Supervisor Charged with Homicide in NYC Construction...
Wilmer Cueva, the excavation supervisor overseeing the New York City construction site where a young worker was crushed to death last year, has been charged with criminally negligent homicide. The...
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