It appears that spring is here and winter has finally faded away. Almost everyone is ready for whatever weather change Mother Nature brings, but spring is certainly a favorite season.Construction workers are often ready to see the ice, snow and cold go. Did you know...
Workers Memorial Day is April 28, and the AFL-CIO, which is made up of 56 national and international unions, will observe the day in the hope of renewing the fight for safer jobs.The Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Mine Safety and Health Act are in place so...
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, one of the manufacturing industries with the highest illness and injury rates is the food manufacturing industry. The sources most common for causing illness and injury are repetitive motion, slips and trips, manual...
A fine of $226,000 has been proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration against Dedicated TCS LLC. That Illinois tank-cleaning company is based in Lansing, Illinois, and has other facilities in Channahon, Illinois, and New Orleans, Louisiana.The fine...
Though the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is just beginning to investigate how a tragic construction accident on Interstate 90 occurred, the agency is already saying the incident could have been prevented. The collapse of a 45-ton beam killed a...
Many of the settlement contracts the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission receives have errors. When this occurs, the settlement contracts are returned to the worker. With over 40,000 settlement contracts sent into the IWCC each year, there is simply not enough...
It's a lot safer than it used to be to go to work, but there are still a very high number of people who are seriously injured while working.The Occupational Safety and Health Administration collected injury data from 26 states to create its latest report. The 26...
When you're injured on-the-job, you need to concentrate on your recovery. Having to deal with insurance companies is not helpful. Insurance companies don't want to pay your claim. Instead, they want to deny your claim and will use any mistake, no matter how minor, as...
Two years ago, a 39-year-old man was killed in an industrial accident. He was caught in an unguarded, moving conveyor belt in March 2014.The U.S. Department of Justice charged Behr Iron & Steel, a scrap metal processing plant with willfully violating Occupational...
If a forklift operator hasn't operated a particular forklift before or operates one carelessly, there is a substantial risk of injury or death. There is also a risk if the forklift has missing parts or is malfunctioning.Each year, 20,000 people are seriously injured...
