Articles Tagged with ''workplace injuries''

Unguarded machinery injures two workers at Miss. Manufacturing plant

January 26, 2016

OSHA inspections initiated after the agency learned of two serious injuries at Mississippi Polymers, Inc. in the fall of 2015 led to 11 serious safety violations for the Corinth-based company.

Two serious injuries in one month expose hazards at Alabama co.

January 18, 2016

OSHA inspections at an Alabama manufacturing facility following two serious injuries resulted in a host of citations for safety and health violations.

Prototype of wearable Internet of Things introduced

Reduces injuries and improves productivity

January 8, 2016

Honeywell and Intel in November demonstrated a prototype of a personal connected safety solution for industrial workers and first responders that would reduce workplace injury and improve productivity.

Injury reporting webpage simplified, online filing now available

January 7, 2016

To help employers comply with new requirements to report severe worker injuries, OSHA has created a streamlined reporting webpage and now offers the option of reporting incidents online.

3 workers suffer amputation injuries at printing facility

January 2, 2016

Three workers suffered amputation injuries within four months at a Columbiana envelope printing facility because their employer failed to protect them from moving machine parts on 26 of the 27 company production lines, a federal inspection found.

A U.S. Department of Labor blog post

Why this counts: slips, trips and falls in the workplace

December 17, 2015

Every so often as I walk down the halls of the BLS headquarters building in Washington, D.C., I notice a few drips of coffee or water on our otherwise shiny floors. My first reaction is to stoop down and wipe up the spill, or to grab one of the handy “caution” signs we have around the building, to avoid a slip or fall.

OSHA reaches settlement in 2013 propane explosion that severely injured 6 workers

Blue Rhino affirms safety violations, accepts $52K in penalties

December 9, 2015

For employees working with hazardous substances, an oversight can be disastrous - an unfortunate lesson learned by six Florida workers at a Blue Rhino propane tank refurbishing facility in Taveras, Florida who were injured during a fire.

Bakery worker suffers severe head injury when hair is caught in machine

Hearthside Food Solutions is nation's largest cookie, cracker manufacturer

December 7, 2015

A 41-year-old worker cleaning product waste from a factory floor suffered severe scalp injuries and multiple lacerations when a machine caught her hairnet, resulting in her hospitalization for four days. This is the third serious injury involving machine hazards reported this year by Hearthside Food Solutions LLC, which bakes cookies and crackers for national brands.

Is our workers' compensation system working?

Pete Stafford

December 4, 2015

For a century our nation has relied on the workers' compensation system to provide for workers injured on the job while making sure that each employer picks up his or her fair share of the costs. In theory, the system assigns the cost of workplace injuries and illnesses to employers through comp insurance premiums.

Gruesome accidents at Texas manufacturer leave workers "skinned"

December 3, 2015

Twice in 14 months, MooreCo Inc. temporary workers were seriously injured when inadequately guarded machines pulled them in, removing skin from the wrist up to the shoulder in the most recent incident, and from the wrist down in an earlier incident.

ON DEMAND: A discussion of new data on trends in falls and updated resources from CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training and the OSHA-NIOSH-CPWR National Campaign to Prevent Falls in Construction.