Safety Precautions, Workplace Injury

Worker Safety Continues To Be A Major Concern For Workers

by Johnston, Moore & Thompson, Huntsville... on 5/10/2013

In a recent report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of deaths at work is not decreasing, raising concerns about worker safety. With improvements in technology and safety standards, it is hoped that this...more

Key Takeaways - Work Safe: Preventing Injuries and Workplace Violence

by Gene La Suer | Davis Brown Law Firm on 5/6/2013

As a follow up to my session “Work Safe: Preventing Injuries and Workplace Violence" at the recent Employment Law Seminar, I’ve put together what I feel to be two key takeaways from the presentation. 1) Workplace...more

Avoiding Workplace Injuries And Protecting Your Rights As An Employee

by Stipe, Harper, Laizure, Uselton, Belote,... on 4/15/2013

An injury at work can be devastating for you and your family. Despite major strides reducing workplace injuries and deaths in the past four decades, more than 4,500 workers still die each year. Another 4.1 million are...more

Defending Nonsubscriber Lifting Injury Claims – Part II

by Trek Doyle | Winstead PC on 3/27/2013

Perhaps the most common liability claim associated with a lifting injury is that the nonsubscriber employer simply did not provide adequate assistance, specifically staff, to assist the injured worker with lifting whatever it...more

OSHA Penalizes Another Railroad Company In Whistleblower Action

by Michael Graham, Steven J. Pearlman | Proskauer - Whistleblowing & Retaliation on 3/25/2013

On February 28, 2013, OSHA ordered Union Pacific Railroad (UP) to reinstate the employment of and pay over $309,000 ($150,000 in punitive damages, $87,600 in compensatory damages, $71,700 in back pay with interest, plus...more

OSHA Has Been Hard At Work - Will You Be Ready If OSHA Knocks At Your Door?

by Heather MacDougall | Akerman Senterfitt on 3/19/2013

A look at a recent speech given by OSHA's Assistant Secretary, David Michaels, Ph.D., provides employers with insight into what agency touts as successes over the past several years and its vision for the year ahead. ...more

Alternative Training Methods Could Increase Workplace Safety

by Johnston, Moore & Thompson, Huntsville... on 3/18/2013

While an employer's insurance company is obligated in Alabama to cover an injured worker's medical expenses and lost wages resulting from an accident on the job, an injured employee will not always receive the full benefits...more

Sometimes a Swimming Pool is Just a Swimming Pool: Ontario Court of Appeal Grants Blue Mountain Appeal

by Heenan Blaikie LLP on 3/13/2013

On February 7, 2013, the Ontario Court of Appeal handed down its highly anticipated decision in Blue Mountain Resorts Limited v. Ontario (Ministry of Labour and Ontario Labour Relations Board), 2013 ONCA 75. It found that...more

Supervisor’s OHSA Violation Grounds Criminal Negligence Charge

by Adrian Miedema | Dentons on 3/12/2013

A supervisor’s violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act can ground a criminal negligence charge against him, an Ontario preliminary inquiry judge has decided, sending the criminal charges to trial. We reported on...more

Escalating Penalties: Alberta OHS Convictions For 2012 – What Can Employers Expect For The Year Ahead?

by Lindsay Mullen | Dentons on 3/11/2013

A person who contravenes Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Act, Regulations or Code is liable, for a first offence, to a fine of not more than $500,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months and, for a...more

Natural Gas Grows in Popularity — the Danger Stays the Same

by Michael Barasch | Barasch McGarry Salzman & Penson PC on 3/11/2013

Natural gas has become a common fuel for heat and other household uses throughout the United States. With this demand requires extraction, distribution and a lot of hard labor. Workers in the natural gas industry can face a...more

Safety Manual “Lacking In Efficiency” – Employer Convicted Under OHSA

by Adrian Miedema | Dentons on 3/8/2013

An Ontario justice of the peace has held that an employer’s safety manual was defective, and has convicted the employer of four charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act....more

Jury Awards $3M to Workers Injured in Boiler Explosion

by Sylvia Hsieh | Lawyers.com on 3/6/2013

Five workers injured by a factory blast won $3 million against their employer for intentionally sending them into danger. The workers of Tec-Cast, a metal casting plant in New Jersey, were working near a pressurized...more

Farm Employer Guilty: “Accident Waiting To Happen” In Case Of Sinking Trailer That Rose Again

by Adrian Miedema | Dentons on 3/1/2013

A farm employer has been convicted of a charge under the Occupational Health and Safety Act where portable steps being used by the employer were “not even barely adequate”....more

New York “Fall from Heights” Law

by Law Offices of Nussin S. Fogel on 2/25/2013

In August, a construction worker at Three World Trade Center fell 15 feet to the ground while installing a steel beam, sustaining head injuries and breaking both his arms. In September, a bricklayer working on the façade of...more

Make a Resolution For a Safe 2013

by Thomas Davis Jr. | Poyner Spruill LLP on 1/23/2013

It is the New Year and time for making and implementing your company's resolutions for 2013. One resolution all members of the North Carolina Masonry Association should make is to work to improve job site safety....more

Ohio's Intentional Tort Statute Means What It Says

by Bonnie L. Kristan, Amy Ryder Wentz | Littler on 12/4/2012

On November 20, 2012, in a reversal significant for Ohio employers with workplace injuries, the Ohio Supreme Court held, in Hewitt v. L.E. Myers, that an employee's failure to use, or the employer's failure to require an...more

Employee Safety and Security on International Assignments: Employers Step Up to the Plate

by Carson G. Burnham | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/18/2012

My worst day as an employment lawyer came when I had to call an employee’s dad and tell him that his son was missing. The company had a critical meeting scheduled in a large city where several employees had traveled, and for...more

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