Driving big rig trucks is riskier in more ways than you might have imagined. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, truck drivers have one the highest rates of injuries and illnesses of all occupations because of their potential for traffic related accidents.
Driving big rig trucks is riskier in more ways than you might have imagined. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, truck drivers have one the highest rates of injuries and illnesses of all occupations because of their potential for traffic related accidents. ...
Before OSHA was created 43 years ago, an estimated 14,000 workers were killed on the job every year. Today, workplaces are much safer and healthier, but there is still much work to be done. A rule designed to improve workplace safety utilizing the concept of...
Worker safety experts are sounding the alarm over a popular type of quartz countertop, warning that workers who handle the processed quartz are at a high risk of silicosis due to the composition of the material. The material is called engineered stone and is made up...
If you become ill because of a condition of your employment, you have the right to file a workers’ compensation claim. But how do you demonstrate that your illness is work related? The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) gives guidance to employers,...
Two workers were killed in the unincorporated Riverside County area of Thermal, near the Salton Sea, after their tree-trimming crane’s bucket contact live wires, causing the crane to catch fire on the morning of Saturday, March 12th. The incident occurred just...
Injured employees have the right to file a workers’ compensation claim as long as they can show their injury is related to their work. But what exactly does work related mean? Courts have ruled that an injury must “arise out of employment” and occur “in the course of...
