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Sioux Falls contractor’s history of federal safety violations continues with workers endangered on 2 different sites in 2 days
Sioux Falls contractor’s history of federal safety violations continues with workers endangered on 2 different sites in 2 days

Sioux Falls,SD (WorkersCompensation.com) ‒ Employees working for the same local contractor at two different Sioux Falls locations avoided tragedy after facing potentially deadly electrocution and trench cave-in hazards. On Aug. 18, 2022, inspectors with the U.S. Department […]
US Department of Labor, Missouri Association of Manufacturers renew alliance to target workplace hazards, keep workers safe
US Department of Labor, Missouri Association of Manufacturers renew alliance to target workplace hazards, keep workers safe

St.Louis,MO( WorkersCompensation.com) Background: In Missouri, OSHA Area Office Directors Karena Lorek in Kansas City and William McDonald in St. Louis signed an alliance renewal on Dec. 29, 2022, with Missouri Association of Manufacturers Executive Director Michael […]
Bentonia contractor could have prevented deadly Flora explosion, death of 25-year-old welder, US Department of Labor investigation finds
Bentonia contractor could have prevented deadly Flora explosion, death of 25-year-old welder, US Department of Labor investigation finds

Jackson,MS(WorkersCompensation.com) – Federal investigators have determined that the employer of a 25-year-old welder – who suffered fatal injuries in an explosion at a Flora work site in July 2022 – could have prevented the tragedy […]
Noted Labor Economist David Autor to Keynote 2023 WCRI Conference
Noted Labor Economist David Autor to Keynote 2023 WCRI Conference

Cambridge, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) ― The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) announced today that acclaimed MIT economist David Autor will keynote the 2023 WCRI Issues & Research Conference, March 21-22 at the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown in Phoenix, […]
NCCI's Court Case Update: Looking Back at 2022
NCCI's Court Case Update: Looking Back at 2022

Since first published in 2018, NCCI’s Court Case Update has provided stakeholders with important and timely information on relevant workers compensation (WC) decisions that have impacted and shaped the system, reporting on over 200 cases. […]
US Department of Labor finds three employers’ safety failures contributed to 31-year-old laborer’s fatal fall at Tallahassee work site in August 2022
US Department of Labor finds three employers’ safety failures contributed to 31-year-old laborer’s fatal fall at Tallahassee work site in August 2022

Tallahassee,FL (WorkersCompensation.com) - Three construction contractors might have prevented the death of a 31-year-old laborer who suffered fatal injuries after falling while installing roof trusses at a Tallahassee work site on Aug. 17, 2022, a […]
Fatal profits: Despite two deadly falls since 2019, inspectors find Nanuet contractor still ignores fall protections, exposing workers to lethal hazards
Fatal profits: Despite two deadly falls since 2019, inspectors find Nanuet contractor still ignores fall protections, exposing workers to lethal hazards

HO-HO-KUS,NJ (WorkersCompensation.com)  – Two roofing workers dead – victims of preventable workplace falls in New York – both in the month of February – the first in 2019 in Kameisha Lake and the second in 2022 in Spring Valley. […]
US Department of Labor Again Cites Missouri Cattle Processor For Exposing Workers to Potentially Lethal Carbon Dioxide Levels
US Department of Labor Again Cites Missouri Cattle Processor For Exposing Workers to Potentially Lethal Carbon Dioxide Levels

Lone Jack,MO(WorkersCompensation.com) -  A federal workplace safety investigation at a Lone Jack cattle processing plant – now cited seven times by inspectors for endangering workers since March 2020 – found employees exposed to high levels […]

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