County Trash Collector’s Workers’ Compensation Claim Thrown Out February 21, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson When the garbage truck stopped, the worker stepped down from the metal step on the back of the truck to...
OSHA Charges Alabama Plastics Company With Willful Violations After Worker’s Death August 17, 2022 An Alabama company has been charged with willfully violating federal safety rules in the death of a worker who was...
OSHA Investigating Maine Case of Man Found Carrying Own Severed Arm January 25, 2022 A man who stumbled along a street while carrying his own severed arm was saved by two public workers who...
Worker Dies in Accident at Submarine Building Facility in Rhode Island April 23, 2021 An employee at Electric Boat’s facility in Rhode Island has died from injuries suffered in a workplace accident, the company...
Bath Iron Works Rigger Suffers Serious Injury in Workplace Accident February 1, 2021 A Bath Iron Works shipbuilder is recovering after being “critically injured” in a workplace accident in Bath, Maine, according to...
New Jersey Construction Worker Dies After Being Trapped Under Large Steel Beam November 9, 2020 A construction worker was killed when he got trapped under a large steel beam at a site in northern New...
Man Killed in Workplace Accident at Kentucky Toyota Manufacturing Plant February 7, 2019 Kentucky authorities say a man has been killed in a workplace accident at the Toyota manufacturing plant in Georgetown. Scott...
California Transit Agency Fined $220K in Worker Deaths October 11, 2017 By Paul Elias A Northern California judge has fined the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency $220,000 for the deaths of two workers accidentally...
Contractor Lacked Safety Permit Before Pennsylvania Bridge Fire October 10, 2016 A contractor didn’t obtain a key safety permit before welding caused plastic pipe and a construction tarp to burn on...
Alabama Supreme Court Overturns $12.6M Verdict in Workplace Accident Case March 22, 2016 The Alabama Supreme Court has overturned a $12.6 million judgment in a lawsuit resulting from a workplace accident. The justices...