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At 58, retired machinist Bruce Revers is tethered to his oxygen machines — a wall unit when he’s at home, a portable tank when he’s out. The simple act of walking to the curb to pick up his newspaper is a grind. “This is a hell of a thing to live with,” Revers, of Orange,
Read moreEvery year, thousands of workers become sick from exposure to heat, and some even die. But your people don’t have to suffer. These illnesses and deaths are preventable. With summer just around the corner and heat and humidity on the rise, many employers and workers need to start thinking about and planning to prevent employee
Read moreThe 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
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