All posts tagged "Workplacesafety"

A 3M Company employee was helping set up a plastic extrusion line when they became caught in the machine’s rotating rollers and died, according to federal authorities. The 3M Company reported the May 2023 worker death at its facility in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, prompting the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to investigate, according to a Nov. 7 news release. Investigators determined the worker’s death could have been prevented by 3M, described as “one of the world’s best known manufacturing companies,” according to the release. “The safety and health......

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A bill that could have freed some of California’s aging killers serving life in prison without parole failed to advance this year, after running into opposition from victim advocates and law enforcement officials. State Sen. Dave Cortese, a San Jose Democrat, said he’ll reintroduce, SB 94, for consideration in next year’s session as a two-year bill after it failed to move off the Assembly floor before the end of the legislative session last Thursday. “We need to be constantly vigilant about improving our justice system, making sure that public safety is paramount, but at the......

A massive project to build one of the world’s most powerful particle accelerators at Fermilab has been halted since May 25 while federal authorities investigate an accident that severely injured a northwest Indiana ironworker three months into construction. James Daniels, 46, fell from the top of a two-story wall during his first day on the job. Hospitalized for several months, he has filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court against Fermi Research Alliance, which operates the site, as well as the contractor and subcontractors in charge of the construction project. “James is going to have a......

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — State officials fined two farms where a mass shooter killed seven people in January for failing to provide employees with active shooter training that could’ve saved their lives, according to a Monday announcement. Cal/OSHA said Monday it cited California Terra Garden, Inc. and Concord Farms Inc. for a combined 41 violations, nine of them defined as “serious,” for failing to have a plan or procedures to immediately notify employees of an active shooter threat and for not addressing previous incidents of workplace violence, according to a press release. California Terra ......

More than 5,300 employees of the U.S. Postal Service were attacked by dogs while delivering mail in 2022, the agency said. The number represented a slight drop from 2021 when more than 5,400, and 2020 when more than 5,800 were attacked. Dog bites remain one of the chief occupational hazards for letter carriers. Dog bites can lead to a number of other health effects, including dangerous infections. The figures were announced as part of the agency’s annual National Dog Bite Awareness Week public service campaign, which runs from June 4 to June 10. “When letter carriers deliver mail in our commun......

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chris Buesing was walking through the hallway of an orthopedic clinic at Stormont Vail Health in Topeka, Kansas, where he worked when a man came up and punched him in the face. The attack six years ago altered the course of Buesing’s life. His jaw was wired shut for six weeks, then had to be re-broken and shut again for eight weeks. Two years of braces followed. “The attack not only impacted me physically but it also had an emotional impact. During the months my jaw was wired shut, I experienced anxiety and depression. I found myself always on alert. It impacted my time with......