Safety/Health

Proposed law would ban cellphone use while driving in Minn.

03/23/2017

The Minnesota state legislature is considering outlawing virtually all cellphone use behind the wheel.

Keep injury summary posted through April 30

03/16/2017

OSHA is reminding employers of their obligation to post OSHA Form 300A, which summarizes their 2016 job-related injuries and illnesses.

Update on OSHA’s new injury and illness reporting rule

03/15/2017

Late last year, OSHA made sweeping changes to its injury and illness reporting rule.

Engineer sues Amtrak, claiming derailment resulted from attack

03/03/2017

The engineer of the passenger train that derailed in Philadelphia in May 2015, killing eight people, has sued Amtrak, claiming it failed to provide a safe work environment.

Work fatalities hit 8-year high; the 10 deadliest jobs

01/19/2017

4,836 Americans were killed in workplace accidents in 2015.

OSHA fines Doylestown, Pa., psych facility for biting hazard

01/03/2017

OSHA has fined Foundations Behavioral Health $36,701 for four violations related to employee safety at its Doylestown location.

Work fatality rate falls, even as numbers go up

12/29/2016

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its Census of Workplace Fatal Injuries for 2015.

Court: Employer can’t be held responsible for failing to predict employee violence

12/22/2016

So-called negligent retention doesn’t require employers to predict who may turn violent.

Put safety first when employing teenagers

11/22/2016

You have a special responsibility to provide a safe working environment for teenage workers.

OSHA goes through roof over repeat violations in upstate New York

11/11/2016

A Syracuse roofing contractor faces fines of more than $96,000 following an OSHA worksite inspection in Camillus.