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The AFL-CIO has released the 2012 Death on the Job Report. (We delayed the release until after Workers Memorial Day in order to incorporate final 2010 fatality data which was released last week by BLS). The final fatality data reported 4,690 fatal work injuries in 2010, up from 4,551 in 2009 and an increase in
Read moreThe Department of Labor reported today that 4,690 U.S. workers suffered fatal injuries in 2010, a 3 percent increase from 2009. The higher number in part reflects a string of high-profile disasters in 2010: An explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia that killed 29; BP’s Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of
Read moreMarch 23, 2012 OSHA is telling its investigators: During inspections, watch for workplace policies and practices that could discourage workers from reporting injuries, which could be a violation of whistleblower and recordkeeping rules. Among the policies they’re told to look for: certain types of safety incentive programs. In a March memo to its regional administrators
Read moreEvery year on April 28, the unions of the AFL-CIO observe Workers Memorial Day to remember those who suffered and died on the job and to renew our efforts for safe workplace. This year we the struggle continues to create good jobs in this country that are safe and healthy and to ensure the freedom
Read moreIt is a fact that more than 16 percent of all workplace falls result in injuries or illness that affect the productive environment of a workplace. It becomes essential then to employ means to prevent falls at the workplace. Falls at the workplace are mainly of two kinds: those that happen in single-story structures and
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