On Thursday, a 38-year-old utility worker employed on a project in Menifee died as a result of an accident at work. The incident reportedly involved underground equipment, upon which routine maintenance was being performed. According to sources, the project was in an...
Six workers were reportedly injured during cleanup efforts for a 20 million gallon water spill caused by the rupture of a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power water main at the University of California in Los Angeles. As of Thursday, two workers were still...
Back pain and injury is often considered to be something that just happens as a person ages, something that most people will have to deal with at some point. Obviously, serious back pain can be a major disruption to one’s life and work, and one’s pocketbook as well....
Safety in any type of workplace should be a top priority for employers. However, this can be even more essential in industrial work environments in California or in any other state. Failure to adhere to safety standards can cause potential industrial accidents, which...
Riding in the back of a pickup truck can be dangerous, since it is easy for a person to fall out of the bed of the truck. However, this is a situation that many construction workers commonly find themselves in while working in California or in any other state....
After a power plant demolition in Bakersfield on Saturday in which one individual was seriously harmed and at least several others hurt, Cal-OSHA and the California Public Utilities Commission are set to conduct investigations into what caused the catastrophe. The...
Our readers may have heard of the hubbub in the NFL over concussions, head injuries, and litigation. Right now, about 4,200 former NFL players have filed suits against the league, claiming that it ignored evidence linking head injuries to brain damage and other health...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is tasked with developing rules and regulations aimed at ensuring workplace safety for employees. The U.S. Department of Labor’s agency may at times feel it necessary to update existing rules when it feels that...
Safety and health regulations play an important part in keeping workers safe, particularly workers who work in high risk professions. For those who work in construction and the fracking industry, which is picking up steam out east, one of the concerns is worker...
Safety at the workplace is a concern for all of us, and it is important to know that the federal and state agencies responsible for enforcing safety regulations are working under policies that actually improve workplace safety. Doing so isn’t always easy for agencies,...