“To assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women; by authorizing enforcement of the standards developed under the Act…” reads the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently released an informational booklet to help educate employers about their rights…
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently joined forced with Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC-United) to raise awareness about the importance of worker safety. They’ll be working to educate employees and employers about ways to reduce injuries under their new “Alliance Program.” The two organizations will be focusing on trip,…
Walsh Corp., based out of Dorchester, has been cited for a number of violations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for failing to protect its employees from avoiding a Hanover work accident. At the work site, employees were subjected to various “struck-by” and cave-in hazards. These violations came…
Our Massachusetts workers’ compensation lawyers have been reviewing the summary of 2010 workplace injuries and illnesses recently released by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). State-specific data has yet to be released by the department, but we have some concerns about the overall statistics presented in…
We posted previously on our Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Blog that 2010 occupational deaths occurred at a rate of 3.5 per 100,000 full-time or equivalent workers, which equals on average roughly 12 people dying on the job every single day last year. According to recent information released by the U.S.…
A popular chain of supermarkets was recently fined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for failing to protect workers from work accidents in Massachusetts and in New Hampshire. The company, DeMoulas Supermarkets Inc. does business as Market Basket, and is now facing fines of nearly $600,000 after being cited…
A recent Massachusetts work accident took the life of an employee who was installing a new antenna and safety ladder on a television and radio news tower. The accident happened in Newton on Chesnut Street near I-95, according to the Boston Globe. The 1,000-foot tower is owned by American Tower…
A recent Quincy work accident turned deadly on Route 3A. The accident happened when a worker fell from a bucket truck when it was hit by a tractor-trailer that was passing by, according to the Boston Globe. Michael Morrissey, the Norfolk District Attorney, reports that the 58-year-old worker of Braintree…
Construction workers are some of the most vulnerable employees for a fatal work accident in Massachusetts and elsewhere. We’ve previously discussed the dangers of trench employees and the oftentimes gruesome accidents witnessed in this industry, welling is relatively similar. A recent well-related accident in Hampden illustrated just how devastating they…
Our Boston workers’ compensation attorneys recently discussed the dangers that workers face who work with, in and around wells. Trenching employees face some of the similar dangers as well employees. Both sets of workers face high risks for serious accidents if the proper safety precautions are not taken. Officials from…