By Craig Firl Professional football players need the best protective equipment and training available to stay safe on the playing field. Construction workers face even greater hazards and need special protection as well. Two construction crew members who worked on the recent renovation of historic Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisc., know the value of
Read more →By Jordy Byrd Minor machine injuries are indicative of larger safety issues. When it comes to working around machines, a pinch just as easily could be an amputation. Furniture giant Ashley Furniture Industries has been at the center of machine safety conversations since OSHA fined the company $1.76M in February. More than 1,000 worker injuries
Read more →A former drywall contractor in Walla Walla, Wash., must pay more than $1 million in delinquent workers’ compensation premiums and penalties. The Washington State Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals recently held Shawn A. Campbell and his spouse personally liable for unpaid premiums, interest and late penalties racked up by his drywall company, E & E
Read more →April 20th marks the five-year anniversary of the massive Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. An explosion of the BP-leased oil rig killed 11 workers and began the spill of roughly 4 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico from an underwater well head for over 87 days. Interstitial Ads Frequency: -1 read more
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