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OSHA Continues to Find Violations at Dollar Stores Across Country
OSHA Continues to Find Violations at Dollar Stores Across Country

Mount Pleasant, Texas (WorkersCompensation.com) – OSHA has continued to cite Dollar Tree and Dollar General stores across the country for workplace violations over the past few weeks.  On February 27, federal inspectors cited a Dollar […]
Attacks on Flight Attendants Continue, as Passenger Tries to Stab Crew Member with Spoon
Attacks on Flight Attendants Continue, as Passenger Tries to Stab Crew Member with Spoon

Boston, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Airline officials said a passenger has been arrested after he attempted to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken spoon.   According to Boston Police, a passenger on a […]
U.S. to Continue Paying for 'Havana Syndrome' Despite Intelligence Community Findings
U.S. to Continue Paying for 'Havana Syndrome' Despite Intelligence Community Findings

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Despite findings by the U.S. intelligence community that it’s highly unlikely “Havana Syndrome is caused by foreign influence, the U.S. government will continue to pay benefits to diplomatic employees struck by […]
Food Service Workers Attacked in Separate Incidents
Food Service Workers Attacked in Separate Incidents

Bronx, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Food service workers continued to be the target of violent attacks across the country this past week.  From Massachusetts to South Carolina, police report restaurant workers and grocery store employees suffered […]
Iowa Bill Limits Employer Liability if Teens Hurt on Job
Iowa Bill Limits Employer Liability if Teens Hurt on Job

Des Moines, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A new bill under consideration in Iowa would not only allow younger teens to work in dangerous jobs, but exempt businesses from liability if they get hurt.  The bill, Senate […]
Reporter Killed, Photographer Shot, Covering Story of Earlier Shooting
Reporter Killed, Photographer Shot, Covering Story of Earlier Shooting

Pine Hills, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – A reporter, Dylans Lyons, who was covering a homicide in Orange County, Fla., was killed and a photographer, Jesse Walden, injured, when the suspect in the shooting returned to the […]
Suspect in Intel Co-worker Killing Arrested with Bat, Hatchet, Knife
Suspect in Intel Co-worker Killing Arrested with Bat, Hatchet, Knife

Chandler, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) – A weekend conflict between co-workers ended in one person dead, another injured and a third behind bars, police said.  Derrick Lemond Simmons, 50, was arrested Saturday after he attacked his co-workers […]
Customers Shoot Employees in Separate Incidents
Customers Shoot Employees in Separate Incidents

Paducah, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Two workers are dead and one is recovering after being shot by customers this week in separate incidents.   In Paducah, Ky., a hotel worker is dead after a couple denied the […]