Although Hispanic oil and gas workers make up a small percentage of the workforce–7.2 percent in 2011–they suffer a high rate of workplace injuries. In 2011, they suffered more than 25 percent of all such accidents. Pressure to expand oil and gas production, fear of...
As anyone who has ever taken public transportation knows, it can be difficult to keep the buses clean. Even if the vehicles are examined each night, it can still become a major problem. In the Los Angeles area, the Metropolitan Transit Authority has experienced an...
Construction accidents are all too common in California, and recent accidents in the San Francisco Bay area have prompted the California division of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to increase oversight of construction sites. Inspectors will...
Last month, the construction site of the new San Francisco 49ers’ showed itself to be deadly after a mechanic was killed while working in an elevator shaft. The site is at the location of what will be the Levi Stadium, a $1.3 billion project set to open for the 2014...
Los Angeles City Controller Wendy Greuel said this Wednesday that the city pays more for workers on disability and has the worse tracking of overpayments to workers than most other government agencies in California. Greuel, referencing an audit of part of the city’s...
Circuses can be places of interesting performances and daring feats by very talented individuals. Like any other place of work and perhaps even more so, though, circuses can be subject to accidents and injuries, sometimes quite serious. A recent circus accident in...
When a construction accident occurs, it is important to investigate the incident in order to determine the possible causes. This is particularly important when injuries have occurred in California or in any other state. Finding out the causes of construction workers’...
Everybody is aware that certain professions are more risky than others. Logging and trucking, for instance, are more fraught with risk of injury than accounting and retail sales. It may also be the case that certain types of workers are more at risk for injury....
According to a recent study that looked at data from the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor statistics, California is among the states that have an above average number of workplace injuries involving days of job transfer or restriction. The report highlights not...
A spokesperson for the California Department of Occupational Safety and Health issued a statement regarding a tragic, fatal accident resulting in the death of a worker. The incident, occurring in the morning, was immediately reported to the San Leandro headquarters of...