When the weather gets warm, there is one thing you can count on: construction. Construction workers hit the roads in the spring and summer to make needed improvements and repairs to private and commercial properties, as well as to improve infrastructure in Boston and throughout the United States. Construction work…
Our Boston workers’ compensation attorneys have been closely following the developments surrounding the introduction of the Protecting America’s Workers Act, would would provide a much-needed update to the Occupational Safety & Health Act of 1970. The Center for Public Integrity, which has been thorough in its ongoing series on the…
The director of the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration, David Michaels said he would be the “first to admit” that the system currently in place to protect workers from air quality issues on the job is effectively broken. On the one hand, our Boston workers’ compensation lawyers find it…
Roof RocketThe Department of Labor reported that there were 299 deaths caused by workers falling off of roofs from 2003 to 2010. Many of these deaths could have been prevented if proper safety precautions had been taken. Our Boston work injury attorneys know that employers are required to comply with…
Truth-Out.org, a 501(C)(3) nonprofit with a progressive focus, recently published an article taking a look at legislation across the states to undermine the rights of workers. The article discussed a so-called war on workplace rights targeted at low-wage workers. This article was published shortly another story in February of 2013…
In recent years, teenagers have had a tough time finding summer employment while off from school because of a tight job market. According to NBC News, however, this may be less of a problem this summer as economic momentum improves and there are more jobs available. While it is uncertain…
Diesel engines are everywhere — and they’re often hazardous to employees. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), these kinds of engines are used to power a number of different kinds of vehicles, heavy machinery and equipment. There are also a number of industries that use these engines,…
You might want to be a little more careful if you work in the landscaping industry. Officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) just released a new publication to warn workers about the hazards that are involved when using stone-cutting machines. The purpose of this publication is also…
In the summer of 2010, three teenage workers were hired to help sift out chunks of wet corn in a grain silo in Illinois. Our Boston workers’ compensation lawyers understand that all three were buried alive. Only one survived – and even then, only by inches after a bucket that…
Often when our Boston workers’ compensation lawyers are discussing job-related accidents or illnesses, we’re talking about high-hazard fields. These would be things like construction, road repair or firefighting – some line of work in which hazards are prevalent and injuries are common. But a recent case out of Burlington illustrates…