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,...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the federal agency responsible for enforcing workplace safety and health legislation, has been taking a harder line on companies and staffing agencies which utilize temporary workers. As we have mentioned before on...
According to the California Workers’ Compensation Institute, the number of California employees taking opioids to deal with work-related injuries has increased over the last eight years. Between 2002 and 2011, there was reportedly a 300 percent increase in opioid...
Our Los Angeles readers will remember the UC Davis pepper-spray incident that took place back in November 2011. During that controversial incident, police pepper-sprayed demonstrators who sat down on a paved path on campus. Many were infuriated over the lack of...
Obesity, we all know, is something we struggle with here in the United States. For some people, obesity can be an impediment to a having a more productive work life. In the long-term, obesity can add up for employers in terms of medical expenses and absenteeism. In a...
When most California residents think about high risk occupations, they imagine fields such as construction and manufacturing. While these can certainly be dangerous places of employment, research suggests that these types of jobs do not top the list in rates of...