Ninety nine percent of fisherman and seafood processors don’t receive workers compensation. Instead they receive maintenance and cure. Maintenance is meant to cover living expenses that the sick…
When Bunnitine Bunny Greenhouse called out an Iraq contractor for using its own cost projections to obtain a multi-year contract with her employer, the Army Corps of Engineers, she had no idea that…
The leading cause of injury and death in the residential construction industry occurs when workers fall from elevation on the work site. The lack of proper fall protection is cited as the leading…
The Seattle Times ran a story about a construction worker injured at the Boeing Everett plant. A man working on a construction project at the Boeing Everett plant was seriously injured in an…
Is this too little too late? Effective June 16, 2011, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) makes fall protection requirements in residential construction more…
I’ve written before about Massey Energy’s history of safety violations, how it put profits over safety, and even how its CEO, Don Blankenship, tried to buy a state supreme court judge. Now, it…
Earlier this month, tort reform advocate Ted Frank bet big on big business and against the little guy risking more than 10% of his net worth on an options play betting that Wal-Mart stock would rise…
Two employees of Triangle Grading and Paving suffocated while working in a manhole in Durham on June 7, 2011. The workers were apparently part of a crew laying pipe near the intersection of U.S. 70…
I was doing some research on texting while driving the other day and came upon a letter written by OSHA Assistant Secretary David Michaels to employers. The letter was published as part of…
Each year, nearly 6,000 employees die from workplace injuries, while some 50,000 more die from illnesses caused by exposure to workplace hazards, according to The National Census of…
Workers’ compensation benefits are under attack in North Carolina. It is imperative that anyone who cares about injured workers in our state sign this vital petition—Do Not Hurt NC…
Did you know that the current North Carolina Legislature is only days away from introducing legislation that will reduce workers’ compensation benefits? Do you realize that this…
