The federal government has launched a new web page to assist businesses in protecting workers from any hazards they may face while responding to and recovering from winter storms. The idea is to keep their operations and work places safer while helping to reduce the risks of work accidents in…
Last week, an employee who worked for the Tribe Mediterranean died in a brutal Massachusetts work accident. The Tribe Mediterranean is a company that manufactures hummus. The employee was killed after his arm got caught in a grinder at the Massachusetts hummus facility. Investigating officers pronounced the worked dead on…
A fatal power plant accident in Middletown, a shooting at a beer distributor facility in Manchester and a plethora of additional fatal work-related accidents helped to contribute to the alarmingly high number of New England work accidents throughout the year. Every year there are hundreds of employees who die because…
A New England company, AMEX Inc., was recently fined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for failing to prevent work accidents in East Boston and at its other work sites in the area. The fines came after a work accident in which one of its employee lost consciousness…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) just released the new “National Emphasis Program” (NEP) to be used by chemical facilities to help keep employees safe from work-related accidents in Massachusetts and elsewhere. Employers are required by law to provide safe working conditions for all employees. OSHA takes the responsibility…
Even more is being done by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to warn salon owners and employees about the dangers that are associated with the use of formaldehyde and the risks of work-related injuries in Massachusetts from overexposure to the substance. Just a month ago, OSHA dished out…
According to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, Massachusetts work-related transportation incidents killed 14 workers on the job in 2010. Only fall accidents resulted in more work fatalities for Massachusetts workers last year. Transportation incidents were the leading cause of occupational deaths nationwide in 2010. Essex County…
The Patriot Ledger reports a state trooper was recently released from Milton Hospital after suffering injuries in a work-related transportation accident in Canton. The police officer had been struck from behind by a motorist while escorting a construction crane along Route 128. The impact of the crash sent the trooper…
A Massachusetts construction company is being investigated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for a work-related accident at a work site in Storrs, Connecticut, according to Reminder News. Two construction workers reportedly fell from a scissor lift while working at the site and were seriously injured. OSHA has…
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Twin Pines Construction Inc./Teles Construction Inc. has been slapped with nearly $200,000 in fines for the discovery or what safety experts call repeat, other-than-serious and serious violations. OSHA has determined that this company has repeatedly failed to protect its workers from…