When working on a construction project, laborers are sometimes needed to toil at relatively high elevations above ground level. Even on projects that are not in any way considered a skyscraper, falling from the height at which workers are stationed could result in serious personal injury or death. This could be…
After the Deadliest Catch premiered more than a decade ago, Americans grew increasingly enamoured with the idea of exploring the world’s most dangerous jobs in America. While there are certainly some jobs that are more dangerous than others, most of the workplace injuries occur at jobs that are not likely to…
A recent article in Staffing Industry Analysts examines how companies can effectively share the responsibility of keeping temporary workers safe. In this case, we are talking about sharing the responsibility for worker safety between the temporary employment staffing agency and the company that uses the temporary workers on their projects. It should…
According to the Daily News Journal, a worker was killed recently at the Nissan motor vehicle factory in Smyrna, Tennessee. This is the automaker’s main production facility in the U.S. and is located just outside the Nashville city limits. This is a major production facility and is in the process of…
One of the most dangerous types of accidents that can occur in a factory is known as a machine guarding accident. A machine guarding accident involves a machine what was not properly guarding so as to prevent a worker from getting an arm, leg, hand, or other body part trapped…
Many publicly traded-companies value profits over just about anything else. Unfortunately, this too often means worker safety falls by the wayside. One of the ways companies work to increase their profits each quarter is to cut costs through a process known as efficiencies. According to recent news article from Industry Week,…
Longfellow Bridge, named after Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (author of the famous poem “The Bridge” which once stood in the place of the current bridge) spans the Charles River. It connects Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood to Kendall Square in Cambridge. The historic bridge, which is adorned by sculptures of Viking Ships,…
According to a recent news article from the Boston Globe, an operator on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Red Line Mattapan Trolley in Dorchester was driving the trolley car when a man wearing a Michael Myers mask viciously attacked him. For those who are not familiar with the mask,…
According to a recent news article from ABC News, a former employee of a Pennsylvania Wal-Mart Superstore retuned to the store later that same day and shot an employee. Authorities have said this does not appear to be a random act of violence. Witnesses reported the 22-year-old defendant returned to the…
According to a recent news article from PIX 11, a worker for an environmental protection contractor was killed when he fell into a huge concrete tank at a wastewater treatment facility in Brooklyn, NY. He was an employee of a contractor that had been hired to perform some major work…