Healthcare is the country’s most dangerous occupation, resulting in more than $7 billion each year for back injuries alone. In 2010, the healthcare industry reported more than 650,000 workplace injuries and illnesses, which is 152,000 more than the second-most dangerous industry. In 2011, nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants suffered musculoskeletal…
An employee was injured during a collapse at a construction site on the campus of Temple University. It appeared to be caused by a steel of a floor that collapsed. Engineers believe that a connector on the fifth floor failed, causing a steel beam to split from the structure and…
An American Eagle Airlines worker was seriously injured when he was pinned between a baggage loading vehicle and the cargo area of an airplane at Greater Rochester International Airport. The twenty-five-year-old employee was loading bags onto the airplane prior to the flight at the time of the injury. The employee…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Bacardi Bottling Corp. with 12 safety violations following the death of a 21 year old temporary employee his first day on the job. The proposed penalties for the willful and serious violations total $192,000.OSHA’s Assistant Secretary of Labor said, “A…
The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a stop work order for all outdoor operations in South Valley at Etchegaray Farms. This decision results from a possible heat-related death in mid-July. Juan Ochoa collapsed while working in a field with no shade in 110 degree heat.This accident happened after two…
Over 2,000 former NFL players sued the league on Thursday claiming that it deliberately and fraudulently concealed the risk of brain injury from players. The complaint joined more than eighty lawsuits that were previously filed by former players.The suit seeks unspecified financial compensation for fraud, misrepresentation and negligence against the…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Ardagh Glass, Inc. for one willful and one serious violation after an employee suffered a finger amputation and crushed hand while removing a glass mold from a bottle-making machine. The proposed penalties for these citations total $77,000.The willful…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited R.E. General Contractor LLC for repeat and serious violations while workers replaced a roof. The contractor faces a total of $49,600 in fines.The company faces two repeat violations for exposing workers to fall hazards of almost 50 feet…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Regency Technologies for eleven health and safety violations. The eleven violations carry a proposed fine of $66,000.Nine of the eleven violations involve exposing workers to cadmium, which is a metal found in televisions and other electronics, at the…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Site Maintenance Inc. with 8 willful, repeat and serious violations. The eight violations carry a proposed fine of $73,920.OSHA witnessed the company failing to provide employees who worked on roofs with fall protection on two separate occasions. The failure to…