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Cancer Risk, Workplace Carcinogens and a Government Report
Posted in GovernmentHealth Our law firm recently completed successful litigation involving eight families against various chemical companies. A member of each family got cancer from working at a local...
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Why Do Roofers Fall From Roofs? Is it just because of gravity?
Posted in workplace accidentsworkplace injuryworkplace safety Today’s post comes from guest author Jon Gelman from Jon Gelman, LLC – Attorney at Law in New Jersey. I find this blog post from my...
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Let OSHA Do Its Job
Posted in Governmentlegislation OSHA is being prevented from fulfilling its mission. Today’s blog post was written by guest author Paul McAndrew, Jr., of the Paul McAndrew Law Firm in Coralville, Iowa....
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Warehouse Workers Are At Risk By Company Safety Violations
Posted in Safety violations Today’s post comes from guest author Jon Gelman, LLC – Attorney at Law. Although the scene for this blog post comes from a business in New Jersey, the scenario occurs all...
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OSHA settles with Nebraska-based ConAgra Foods to protect workers from...
Posted in workplace accidentsworkplace injuryworkplace safety Today’s post comes from guest author Jon Gelman from Jon Gelman, LLC – Attorney at Law in New Jersey. This settlement is an example of what...
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OSHA Looks at Challenge of Nebraska Grain Elevators’ Safety
Posted in NebraskaWorkers' Compensastionworkers' compensation lawIn the years that I have practiced workers’ compensation law, I’ve represented a lot of clients who have been hurt in grain-elevator...
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OSHA Reaches Employer Agreement to Stop Discouraging Employee Accident Reports
Posted in Governmentworkers compensationworkers compensation reform Today’s post comes from guest author Jon Gelman, from Jon Gelman, LLC – Attorney at Law in New Jersey. This article struck me as...
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What Football Can Teach White-collar Employees About Layoffs, Severance
Posted in employment lawgetting fired With football season upon us, I would like to use football to explain some common situations that employees face. I get a lot of calls from white-collar...
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How Safe Is Healthcare for Workers?
The article that today’s blog post is based upon is an in-depth look at how one state’s OSHA office interacts with a sector of the healthcare community: hospitals. Like Iowa, but unlike Nebraska,...
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Former President of Chemical Company Sentenced for Federal Crimes Related to...
Today’s post was shared by Gelman on Workplace Injuries and comes from ehstoday.com. Mr. Jon Gelman is a respected colleague who focuses on workers’ compensation in New Jersey. As the post points out,...
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Harvest Time Reminds of Need for Grain Handling Safety
The grain harvest is still going strong in many portions of the Great Plains, but farmers and agricultural workers may be at that point where they just want to get it done and take shortcuts. However,...
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Has Online Filing Added to OSHA Whistleblower Backlog?
OSHA’s recent decision to allow employees to file whistleblower cases online has led to a large increase in filings and has added more delay to claims that were already backlogged before online...
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The Right to a Safe Workplace
Under federal law, every employee has the right to a safe workplace. If you believe your workplace is dangerous and changes in safety policy are ignored, you can request an inspection from OSHA...
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Are Forklifts Dangerous?
Today’s post comes from guest author Leonard Jernigan, from The Jernigan Law Firm, in North Carolina. He writes about forklifts in the workplace. It is important to be properly trained on any equipment...
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What’s the Connection Between Worker Safety, Employer Profit, and Voting?
A recent newspaper article about a Nebraska lawyer fighting against imposing OSHA regulations on small businesses and farms that handle grain illustrates an age-old conflict between Worker (human)...
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Truckers Fired Over Workers’ Comp Claim: What to Do Next
Truck drivers have a remedy if fired for making a workers’ compensation claim. A recent award of over $100,000 to a truck driver who was fired for making a workers’ compensation claim illustrated the...
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Ladder Accidents on the Rise
Today’s post comes from guest author Kristina Brown Thompson from The Jernigan Law Firm in North Carolina. What kinds of tools do you have at home that you could use some training for or may not...
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Grain Handling Safety Concerns Occur All Year
During the hustle and bustle of harvest beginning, some agricultural producers are in a hurry. Obviously there are a lot of different ways to focus a blog post during harvest time, but today I’d like...
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OSHA’s Region 7 Busy in September
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is frequently referred to as OSHA. OSHA’s Region 7 covers Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri, although Iowa operates its...
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Struck-by Vehicle Incidents: OSHA’s Regional Emphasis Program for Region 7
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which is part of the U.S. Department of Labor, has announced via news release that it’s continuing its Regional Emphasis Program in Region 7...
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