Officials from the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration say two workers were trapped and killed in an accident at a West Virginia coal mine. The ground failure occurred around 8:30 p.m. last Monday. The miners’ bodies have been recovered. Brody Mine No. 1 in Boone County is owned by St. Louis-based Patriot Coal. The […]
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Older workers tend to experience fewer workplace injuries than younger workers, according to NIOSH. However, the injuries they do experience can be detrimental and may require more time to heal. Incidents affecting older workers can even be fatal. Employers should make sure that they are keeping older workers safe by using the following tips: • […]
OSHA requires that fall protection be provided at elevations of four feet in general industry workplaces, five feet at shipyards, six feet in construction, and eight feet in longshoring operations. OSHA requires that industry workplaces: • Guard every hole into which a worker can accidentally walk using a railing and toe-board or a floor hole […]
In a report released on May 6, a watchdog group Public Citizen stated that NYS should change its workers’ compensation regulation to require all private-sector employers to use workplace safety and loss prevention programs. Workplace injuries in NY’s private-sector cost the state economy approximately $11 billion over the past 2 years, according to the report. […]
The number of police officers who lost their lives in the 9/11 attack due to fatal illnesses has now surpassed the number of officers killed in action at the site, according to the New York State Police Officers’ Memorial in Albany. The memorial lists the engraved names of those police officers in NYS who were […]
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Falls from heights are the leading cause of construction site injuries and deaths. Here are some simple safety tips you should follow when working from heights: • Assessing Work at Height: assess the risks associated with the job, take proper precautions, and issue clear method statements for everyone who will work at the height. • […]
More than 100,000 jobs and an average annual salary of $118,000 is in the high-tech industry, according to a report released by New York State’s Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The industry is growing four times faster than the rate of job growth in the rest of the city’s economy. High-tech firms such as Google and […]
When it comes to underpaying their employees, Subway takes first place in the food industry. Individual Subway franchises have been found in violation of pay and hour rules in more than 1,100 investigations ranging from 2000 to 2013, according to CNNMoney. These cases found that about 17,000 Fair Labor Standards Act violations resulted in franchisees […]
National Electrical Safety Month, supported by the Electrical Safety Foundation International, is dedicated to promoting electrical safety in the home, school, and workplace. You can help reduce the number of electrically-related fires, fatalities, and injuries by taking the right steps towards safety. Each year, workplace electrical incidents result in more than 300 deaths and 3,500 […]
BOHS, the chartered society for worker health protection, are calling on employers to comply with the legal exposure limits for known carcinogens. The latest statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) highlight when BOHS believe to be an unacceptably high number of deaths due to occupational cancers. It is estimate that 8,000 cancer deaths […]