Workplace Injuries

• Governor Pushes for More Benefits to World Trade Center Responders

  Shannon Weidemann | June 19, 2008 12:59 PM | 3 CommentsNew York City, NY

  The Governor of New York is introducing legislation to include more workers into the diability class surrounding those with World Trade Center illness. Thousands of people that worked at Ground Zero...

• OSHA fines salons, beauty schools for exposing stylists to formaldehyde in hair smoothing products

  Paul Napoli | December 12, 2011 4:53 PM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Despite U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) warnings about dangerous levels of formaldehyde released into the air from hair smoothing or...

• Study - Running-Related Injuries On The Rise

  Chrissie Cole | January 30, 2011 11:49 AM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A new study published in the journal Clinical Pediatrics, finds running-related injuries to children has increased by 34 percent between 1994 and 2007. There were an estimated 224,344...

• OSHA begins National Emphasis Program on worker safety in nursing and residential care facilities

  Paul Napoli | April 11, 2012 2:06 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  Government regulators are beginning a three-year program focusing on protecting workers at nursing and residential care facilities from serious safety and health hazards. The U.S. Department...

• OSHA says Exel did not report dozens of injuries at Hershey's PA plant

  Paul Napoli | February 23, 2012 7:44 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  An inspection by government regulators has found that Exel Inc., the operator of a Hershey Co. packaging plant in Palmyra, PA who is facing allegations of exploitation and unsafe working...

• OSHA finds serious safety violations at Manhattan and Bronx construction sites

  Paul Napoli | December 16, 2011 12:15 AM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed fines totaling $181,560 against numerous contractors for exposing workers to dangerous hazards...

• OSHA Finds NJ Manufacturer Exposing Workers to Serious Workplace Hazards

  Paul Napoli | August 08, 2011 12:31 AM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  August 7, 2011 SAFAS Corporation, a Clifton, NJ manufacturer of simulated granite products made of polymer, is facing $135,000 in penalties for exposing workers to hazards in the workplace. The...

• OSHA Finds Death of Worker Result of Sawmill’s Failure to Follow Safety Standards

  Paul Napoli | July 27, 2011 11:20 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  July 27, 2011 A New York sawmill has been cited for alleged serious violations of workplace safety standards and fined $152,100 by government safety inspectors following an investigation of a...

• Man Crushed by Concrete Divider at New Jersey Turnpike Construction Site

  Paul Napoli | July 11, 2011 7:45 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  July 11, 2011 A truck driver delivering concrete dividers to a construction site for the New Jersey turnpike died today when one of the dividers fell off the truck, crushing him. State police told...

• OSHA Fines Companies $229,390 after Explosion at PA Oil Well Kills Two Workers

  Paul Napoli | January 16, 2011 10:05 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  January 16, 2011 After an investigation into an explosion at a Pennsylvania well site that killed two workers, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration...