Workplace Injuries

• Coal mine accidents cause 43 deaths this year

  Staff Writer | November 03, 2006 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The coal mining industry is facing one of the most difficult years it has had in history, as the year's death toll has already reached 43. This is the highest number of deaths resulting from coal mining accidents in more than a decade, according to an article in The Daily Athenaeum Interactive of West Virginia. Apparently these worksite injuries and deaths occur more often during the winter...

• Improving safety in the workplace

  Staff Writer | November 02, 2006 10:06 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Unfortunately, worksite injuries continue to plague America's workplaces, even with the improvements that have been made. An interesting article in Looking Fit Magazine offers some helpful advice to both employers and employees in all types of workplaces looking to become safer. The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) reported that more than 5,700 workers died from workplace...

• OSHA reports targeted inspection plan for 2005

  Tom Methvin | October 20, 2006 4:41 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that its 2005 site-specific targeting (SST) plan will focus on approximately 4,400 high-hazard worksites for unannounced comprehensive inspections over the coming year. Jonathan Snare, Deputy Assistant Decretary of Labor for OSHA, made this observation: Our targeted inspection program maximizes the effectiveness of our...

• OSHA identifies 14,000 workplaces with high injury and illness rates

  Tom Methvin | October 15, 2006 4:42 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Approximately 14,000 employers have been notified by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that injury and illness rates at their worksites are higher than average and that assistance is available to help them fix safety and health hazards. OSHA has explained to these employers that the notification was a proactive step to encourage employers to take steps now to reduce those...

• A trenching accident in Texas

  Tom Methvin | October 13, 2006 4:40 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A Texas construction contractor faces a proposed fine of $108,500 following a trenching accident that claimed a worker's life, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Utility Contractors of America LLC, Lubbock, Texas, a construction company headquartered in Wolfforth, Texas, was cited for two alleged willful and seven alleged serious violations for not protecting...

• Alabama crewman dies in fall from rig

  Staff Writer | July 23, 2006 2:13 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  Eighteen-year-old Benjamin Sutherland of Concord died Friday when he fell from the rigging of the Vineyard Haven schooner Alabama to the deck. Mr. Sunderland was in his first year as crew on the 90-foot passenger vessel. The Coast Guard's Marine Safety Office in Providence is investigating the accident.