A warehouse at the Charlton Woolen Mill was completely destroyed after a recent five-alarm fire. The warehouse is part of a mill complex in Charlton. The fire has been ruled as an accident, according to the Boston Globe. The fire started in one of the five businesses that rent garage…
Employers throughout the country took more than 1,300 mass layoff actions in June. These mass layoffs involved nearly 131,500 employees, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The unemployment rate was just over 8 percent for the month of June. This was unchanged from the previous month. Our Braintree…
According to new studies, the average baby boomer who was born during the latter years of the boom, 1957 through 1964, had 11.3 jobs from when they were 18-years-old until they were 46-years-old. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), about half of these jobs were held between the…
Workers can be found all over the city, helping to make some of the much-needed repairs to many of our structures. Many of these workers are completing jobs atop some of the tallest buildings in the city and are also at some of the highest risks for work accidents in…
It’s that time of year again. It’s the summer season and that means that road construction crews are hitting our streets trying to make the necessary changes and fixes to our roadways before the snowy weather moves in. According to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), there are dozens of…
There’s a new agreement in effect and it’s working to help to build on the Federal Railroad Safety Act’s whistleblower provision. The agreement was recently signed by those with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) as well as officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The agreement is going…
Eat. Sleep. Work. It seems like that’s all any of us have time to do anymore. What most employers and employees don’t realize is the importance of sleep. It’s one of the best preventative measures that one can take to help to avoid a potentially fatal work accident. The need…
There were nearly 440 citations issued to one of BP Products North America Inc. refineries. The company was cited by safety officials back in 2009. Nearly 410 of the citations have been resolved. Under a new agreement, the company will hand over more than $13 million in fines and has…
Cives Steel Co. has been recently cited and fined more than $130,000 for failing to reduce the risks of work accidents in New England. The steel company was slapped with a number of serious, repeat and willful violations of workplace safety standards after a recent inspection from safety officials with…
There will soon be a three-day training event conducted by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to help keep workers safe on the job. It’s important that these companies are properly trained in best practices, after all the safety of their workers is their responsibility. OSHA’s Office of Federal…