The general contractor and nine subcontractors of the Merrimack Premium Outlets were recently cited and slapped with nearly $174,000 in proposed fines. Safety officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspected the New England work site and found that there were a number of violations of workplace safety…
As our Boston workers’ compensation attorneys were recently discussing, there are a lot of risks for injury on the job, some that you may never consider. We’re talking about workplace violence, theft, sexual harassment and other workplace threats. There are even risks if you work from home. Just as you…
A lot of us spend a good part of our day at work. This means that it’s just as important to practice crime prevention in the workplace just as we would at our home or in our neighborhood. Regardless of where you work, whether it’s at an auto shop, a…
A warehouse at the Charlton Woolen Mill was completely destroyed after a recent five-alarm fire. The warehouse is part of a mill complex in Charlton. The fire has been ruled as an accident, according to the Boston Globe. The fire started in one of the five businesses that rent garage…
Employers throughout the country took more than 1,300 mass layoff actions in June. These mass layoffs involved nearly 131,500 employees, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The unemployment rate was just over 8 percent for the month of June. This was unchanged from the previous month. Our Braintree…
According to new studies, the average baby boomer who was born during the latter years of the boom, 1957 through 1964, had 11.3 jobs from when they were 18-years-old until they were 46-years-old. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), about half of these jobs were held between the…
Workers can be found all over the city, helping to make some of the much-needed repairs to many of our structures. Many of these workers are completing jobs atop some of the tallest buildings in the city and are also at some of the highest risks for work accidents in…
It’s that time of year again. It’s the summer season and that means that road construction crews are hitting our streets trying to make the necessary changes and fixes to our roadways before the snowy weather moves in. According to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), there are dozens of…
There’s a new agreement in effect and it’s working to help to build on the Federal Railroad Safety Act’s whistleblower provision. The agreement was recently signed by those with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) as well as officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The agreement is going…
Eat. Sleep. Work. It seems like that’s all any of us have time to do anymore. What most employers and employees don’t realize is the importance of sleep. It’s one of the best preventative measures that one can take to help to avoid a potentially fatal work accident. The need…