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SGB-NIA Insurance Brokers Launches Workplace Safety Program

SGB-NIA Insurance Brokers has launched a workers compensation safety program – Three Sixty Safety – designed for implementation into current safety protocol that provides training, education and claim assistance when necessary. Three Sixty Safety is part of SGB-NIA’s “Road to …

Ohio, Indiana Struggle with Impact of Opioids on Injured Workers

Editor’s Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For the national story read: Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ Comp In the Midwest the multitude of jobs in the automotive and agriculture industries highlights the importance …

Lawsuit: New Mexico Intel Worker Subjected to ‘Kick Me’ Prank

Intel workers secretly taped a “Kick Me” sign to the back of a co-worker as a prank, then kicked the confused man a number of times as employees at the Rio Rancho, N.M. Intel plant laughed hysterically at the episode, …

Space Mountain Reopens At Disneyland After Workplace Appeal Dropped

One of Disneyland’s most popular rides has reopened after the company declined to appeal a workplace safety case. The attraction was closed in April after state officials said safety rules were violated when a contractor fell and suffered broken bones …

North Carolina Underreports Workplace Deaths: Study

A study by workplace safety advocates shows that more workers die on the job in North Carolina than the state reports. The Charlotte Observer reported that the state Labor Department recorded 35 workers killed on the job in 2012. The …

Senate Panel to Investigate Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer said on Tuesday she plans to investigate the explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant earlier this month that killed 15 people and injured scores more. California’s Boxer, the head of the Senate Environment and Public Works …

Report: 32 Massachusetts Workers Died on the Job in 2012

Labor and worker rights activists are honoring 32 workers who died on the job last year. The Massachusetts AFL-CIO and the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health released a report on April 25 highlighting the deaths. The report found …

6 Vermont Firms Lauded for Workplace Safety

Six Vermont companies are being honored for their efforts to promote workplace safety. The Governor’s Award for Outstanding Workplace Safety — the highest such award in the state — goes annually to recipients in six categories. Bio Tek Instruments of …

OSHA Fines Nevada Energy $43K After Worker’s Death

Federal officials have fined NV Energy $43,000 after investigating a fall that killed a 29-year-old Nevada employee in September. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the utility company Thursday, after investigating the death …

Chevron Fined $1 Million for California Refinery Fire

California workplace safety officials have fined Chevron Corp. $1 million in connection with a fire last year at the company’s San Francisco Bay area refinery that sent a cloud of gas and black smoke over residential areas. The state’s Division …