Arizona’s Forestry Division on Thursday contested citations and fines issued by the state’s workplace safety agency for the June deaths of 19 firefighters who were killed battling a wildfire northwest of Phoenix. The appeal with the Arizona Division of Occupational …
Federal workplace safety officials have cited the U.S. Postal Service in the July death of a mail carrier who collapsed while walking his route on a day that the heat index went over 100 degrees. WCVB-TV reports the Occupational Safety …
State workplace safety officials probing the deaths of 19 firefighters in an Arizona wildfire were denied access to key witnesses as they worked to determine the tragedy’s cause, according to a letter from a federal agency. Investigators with the Arizona …
The rate of injuries or illnesses at work has dropped in North Carolina. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that the North Carolina Department of Labor reports the rate of injuries or sickness dropped last year to 2.9 incidents …
Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced that it has begun distributing $2.6 million in workers’ compensation dividends among approximately 3,300 new policyholders. The money represents the final component of Texas Mutual’s $175 million dividend distribution in 2013. Dividends reward loyal policyholders …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recnetly issued a proposed rule to improve workplace safety and health through improved tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses. The announcement follows the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ release of its annual Occupational Injuries and …
Large companies would have to commence filing all workplace injury and illness reports electronically so they can be posted online and made available to the public, under new regulations the government proposed Thursday. Safety advocates said the proposal by the …
Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced today that the CompGroup AGC has earned a $651,166 workers’ compensation dividend. The dividend is based largely on group members’ collective workplace safety record. “Construction projects offer a wide variety of safety challenges,” said David …
After police and fire investigators determined the second worker death at the new $1.2 billion San Francisco 49ers showcase stadium was an accident, officials said the project’s accelerated construction plan would begin again on Tuesday. A delivery truck driver was …
The government shutdown has slowed or halted federal efforts to protect Americans’ health and safety, from probes into the cause of transportation and workplace accidents to tracking foodborne illness. The latest example: an outbreak of salmonella in chicken that has …