Meeting of 2 Minds on Worker Safety as Path to Profit July 28, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson Adam Friedlander is a third generation insurance professional who has made his mark in safety, workplace safety that is. His...
Washington AG Asks Court to Order Immediate Worker Protections at Hanford July 22, 2016 Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has asked a federal court to immediately order the U.S. Department of Energy and its...
Oregon SAIF Program Returns $2.5M to Participating Businesses July 13, 2016 Oregon businesses that participate in the Associated General Contractors/SAIF Workers’ Compensation program will receive a $2.5 million retrospective return on...
Worker Dies in Catwalk Fall at Amazon’s Arizona Facility June 23, 2016 Authorities say a worker who died last week after falling from a catwalk at the Amazon distribution center in Phoenix,...
Workers at Ohio Auto Glass Plant Warn of Unsafe Conditions May 11, 2016 Workers alleging unsafe working conditions at an automotive glass manufacturing plant in southwestern Ohio have filed a complaint with the...
OSHA Cites West Virginia Logging Company for 22 Safety Violations December 14, 2015 Federal regulators have cited a logging company for 22 serious worker safety violations. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Oregon Homes Demolished Without Proper Asbestos Removal September 28, 2015 Contractors have been tearing down hundreds of Portland homes without properly removing the asbestos inside, a practice that ignores state...
Report Shows Higher Smoking, Drinking Among Utah Construction Workers September 23, 2015 Utah residents who work in construction and manufacturing are more likely to smoke and binge drink than workers in other...
Cause of Deadly New Mexico Scaffold Collapse Sought August 24, 2015 Six of the remaining seven construction workers injured in the collapse of a six-story scaffold outside a New Mexico medical...
Former Railway Workers File Asbestos Suit Against BNSF in Oregon June 5, 2015 Three former employees have sued BNSF Railway, claiming they suffer from lung disease caused by job-related exposure to asbestos. The...