According to local news outlets, a construction company from Ohio was cited because of an allegedly evident lack of fall protection. The citations also related to several other issues regarding basic eye safety.
The reports from the news sources have demonstrated that the ensuring of a safe workplace for employees was not made possible due to the lack of safety materials and that is unacceptable.
The fines the construction company will have to pay will reach the total of $48,400. Since studies have pointed that falls are the leading death cause in the construction industry, OSHA, otherwise known as Occupational Safety & Health Administration has been investigating construction sites to ensure the protection of workers across the nation.
Unfortunately, an unsafe workplace is a reality for many workers in the country. Osha has reported that the same construction company was cited for the same problems back in 2008 and 2010.
Personal injury lawyers will always be alert to help you by answering all of your workplace injury related cases.
As a Los Angeles personal injury lawyer I hope that all companies that have been cited in the past year by OSHA will finally make their work environment a safer place for the employees.
The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration is awarding one million dollars to 8 groups for developing emergency training programs for miners and also preparing workers to avoid any accident while working in underground mines, according to recent news sources.
This has been announced by U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration and is called as Brookwood-Sago grants. This notification was issued on Thursday.
The names of the institutes that will be receiving these grants are the University of Arizona, Penn State University, the Colorado School of Mines, Wheeling Jesuit and Marshall universities in West Virginia, Bevill State Community College in Alabama, the United Mine Workers of America Career Centers Inc. in Washington, Pa., and the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy.
These grants have been named after those 13 men that lost their lives in explosions at Jim Walter Resources mine, located in Brookwood Alabama in 2001. The name is dedicated to 12 other men who also lost their lives at Sago Mine in West Virgina in a 2006 incident.
As a Los Angeles wrongful death attorney, I’m glad to see that the government is taking initiative and putting the safety of these workers at the forefront. As a Los Angeles personal injury attorney, I’ve seen many accidents that happen in the workplace that could have bee prevented with training programs.
An oil field worker died yesterday evening when he was working on a construction site in Venture County, according to news sources.
The accident occurred when a support beam fell during the construction of a new drilling rig. The worker, a man from Bakersfield, was pinned between the rig and the beam. He was 34-years-old.
The accident happened in the hills around West Fork Hall Canyon Road and Manuel Canyon Road, just northeast of Ventura. Officials reports that the victim was attempting to help two other workers after the beam had already collapsed.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration of California is currently still investigating the accident.
As a Los Angeles personal injury attorney, I am so sorry to hear of the passing of this man. I offer my sincere sympathies and condolences to the friends and family during this difficult time.
In my experience as a wrongful death attorney, I’ve seen how unsafe work conditions can lead to workplace injuries, and in some cases, workplace fatalities. I hope that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is able to complete their investigation of this terrible incident and correct any violations that may have contributed to the cause of this accident.
Officials are introducing new safety standards to construction firms on how to maintain, clean, repair, and install industrial pipes, according to news sources.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board and National Fire Protection Association will be explaining the standards. The revisions come after an energy plant explosion in Connecticut proved fatal to several workers.
The deadly explosion occurred on February 7, 2010. Six workers from Kleen Energy were killed when 400,000 cubic feet of gas and air combusted during a procedure. The dangerous procedure was the “gas blow,” which forces high-pressure gas into pipes to clean them and remove them of waste. The state has since outlawed that procedure.
As a Los Angeles personal injury attorney, I’m very sorry to hear about this explosion, and I offer my sympathies to the family and friends of those who were injured. However, I am glad to see that the government is taking steps to prevent a workplace accident like this one in the future. As a Los Angeles wrongful death attorney, I want you to know that if you or someone you care about has been injured or killed in the workplace, it’s best to speak with a personal injury lawyer as soon as possible. The lawyers at our firm are here to speak with you any time about the suffering you or someone you love endured.
