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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

OSHA Wins: Zone of Danger Creates Employer Liability

by Faith Alejandro | Sands Anderson PC on 4/30/2013

On a construction site, isn’t it enough to protect employees from existing hazards? And what does it matter if no one actually got hurt? The Sixth Circuit recently answered these questions: “No it’s not enough,” and...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

Alabama Manufacturing Plant Fined By OSHA For Unsafe Equipment

by Johnston, Moore & Thompson, Huntsville... on 4/12/2013

Two Alabama workers at a manufacturing plant in Montgomery County were each injured in separate accidents at the end of last year. Both workers had their arms injured a few weeks apart from machinery that was not properly...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

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

Patton Boggs Insights - December 2012: Litigation/Courts: Construction Worker Awarded $2 Million After Accident

by Patton Boggs LLP on 1/23/2013

An employee of a roofing firm was awarded just over $2 million as a result of a scaffolding collapse at a construction site in New York that reportedly left him with traumatic brain injuries. ...more

Patton Boggs Insights - December 2012: Enforcement: Refineries Hit With Big Penalties After Incidents

by Patton Boggs LLP on 1/8/2013

A one-two punch by government regulators has resulted in fines totaling more than a half million dollars against Sinclair Wyoming Refinery Co.’s refinery. Federal and state OSHA authorities slapped the company with $215,000...more

Common Injuries Sustained in Construction Site Accidents

by Tate Law Group, LLC on 12/5/2012

Construction sites generate the highest injury and death incidence of any workplace in the United States affecting one in three construction workers annually. While injuries to construction workers are frequently minor,...more

Despite Willful OSHA Violation, New Jersey Supreme Court Reaffirms Exclusivity Of Workers’ Compensation Benefits, Refuses To Apply...

by Jocelyn A. Merced, Evan J. Shenkman | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/16/2012

In Van Dunk v. Reckson Assoc. Realty Corp., 2012 N.J. LEXIS 678 (N.J. June 26, 2012), the New Jersey Supreme Court considered whether an employee’s personal injury suit against his employer following a trench collapse, for...more

Workplace Violence: Assessing the Risk and Dealing with the Consequences

by Maria Greco Danaher | Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 7/6/2012

Employers today are faced with the daunting task of trying to root out workplace violence before it occurs for both legal and basic human safety reasons. In addition to the basic moral and human desire to keep workers safe...more

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