Slowly but surely, companies across the country are grasping the dangers of cell phone use behind the wheel. With each passing day, more and more companies are taking the proper safety precautions to help stop this dangerous behavior among employees and are working to help reduce the risks of work-related…
There will soon be a Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). This new committee will be in charge of advising, consulting and making recommendations to the Secretary of Labor on various ways to help to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and transparency of the…
There’s a study that was recently released from Harvard Business School that concludes that random workplace safety inspections likely help prevent work accidents in Boston and elsewhere. Scientists and researchers say that the recent findings of the study could help to mold future regulations and to make workplaces nationwide a…
The Alliance is renewed! The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Laser Institute of America (LIA) will continue to work together to help to reduce the risks of work-related accidents in Boston and elsewhere. This Alliance focuses on employee exposure to laser beam and non-beam dangers in research,…
The big-time grocery chain of the area, DeMoulas Super Markets, has agreed to make all of its 60 Market Basket in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire safer for all of its employees and to help to reduce the risks of work-related accidents in Boston and elsewhere. According to the Occupational…
As we recently reported on our Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Blog, officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently held a press teleconference to discuss the 2012 Heat Illness Prevention Campaign. Well the campaign is now in full swing now and officials are working around the clock to…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently fined a company more than $117,000 for failing to take the proper safety precautions to help prevent New England work accidents. The company, Raymond J. Cawley Contracting Inc., was cited for allowing cave-in and other-related dangers on its work site while employees…
As the warmer months roll in, heat-related work injuries in Boston and elsewhere should be one of the top priorities for employers and employees. It sure is for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). A press teleconference on May 7th was held to discuss this year’s Heat Illness Prevention…
Summer break is right around the corner and our teenage students throughout the state are gearing up to snag a job and to earn some extra cash. What they may be unwittingly gearing up for is a work accident in Boston. For this reason, we are asking parents to sit…
After a fire-related work accident in New England, a local company faces nearly $150,000 in fines. The accident happened at New England Wood Pellet LLC, where safety officials allege a number of repeat violations and serious health violations. The fire occurred at the plant back in October of 2011, according…