A Rail Services Company based in Missouri was recently issued a $332,469 fine. According to OSHA the company harassed and terminated an employee after the technician reported a work-related injury which is a violation of federal laws. It’s an employee’s right to report work related injuries. Doing so helps to reduce the likelihood that other […]
Category Archives: work hazards
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Dec
Dec
New York City Council members have responded to the surge in construction related injuries and deaths by creating legislation that if passed would penalize contractors who fail to abide by safety rules and regulations. The New York Times recently published results from an investigation into construction fatalities. According to the investigation: “The investigation found that […]
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Nov
Nov
In May of 2015 a worker at Tomra Recycling, a facility located in Schenectady, New York suffered a compound leg fracture after being struck by a forklift. At the time of the incident the worker was operating a baler in a company aisle. According to OSHA the aisle wasn’t wide enough to allow safe passage […]
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Nov
Nov
As construction related injuries and deaths continue to rise city officials have begun actively visiting and screening job sites. City investigators are cracking down on any safety infractions, including inadequate jobsite training. Many construction related occupations require OSHA training which is designed to reduce the number of job site related injuries and fatalities. At the […]
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Oct
Oct
Researchers striving to reduce the amount of construction worker injury and fatalities in highway work zones have designed a state of the art “smart vest.” The “smart vest,” developed by Virginia Tech Researches uses radio sensors to give construction workers sporting the vest a 5-6 second warning before a collision occurs. The technology would also […]
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Oct
Oct
A stop-work order has been issued for the Virgin Hotel project on 30th street near 6th avenue. On Monday, September 28th crews were drilling into the construction site of the hotel when a 42-ton construction drill tipped over and crashed into a parked NYPD van. Luckily no injuries were reported. Neither the NYPD nor the […]
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Sep
Sep
Authorities are currently investigating the death of a sanitation worker who was hit by a garbage truck in Melville, NY. According to preliminary reports the 44 year old worker was on the back of the garbage truck. At some point as the driver of the truck reversed, the worker ended up underneath the truck. Federal […]
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Sep
Sep
Researchers at Stanford & Harvard recently conducted a study into how stressful work conditions, such as unpredictable hours, unreliable management and unreasonable job demands affect workers health. According to the study, which was published in “Behavioral Science & Policy” some workplace stressors do in fact negatively affect employee’s health. Most of the stressors sited are […]
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Jun
Jun
Late last month in Pound Ridge, NY a White Plains resident was attempting to service a water pump on Blue Heron Lake when he fell out of his canoe. Unfortunately the man was unsuccessful in holding onto his canoe, and drowned. The man was part of a landscaping crew attempting to install an irrigation pump […]