Unlike other types of safety training that employees use every day, active shooter instructions are the kind that you hope they’ll never have to depend upon. In the case of the mass shooting at the Walmart in El Paso, TX, active shooter training may have saved dozens of lives. Long-term Walmart employee Gilbert Serna was …
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Kentucky ATV Fatalities Prompt Hazard Alert
The Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center (KIPRC) has issued recommendations regarding all-terrain vehicle (ATV) safety after discovered a disturbing trend in fatalities. Between 1982 and 2016, the state recorded a total of 675 ATV-related deaths, or 19 per year on average. This trend led the state to rank 5th in the nation during the …
Six dead in FIU bridge collapse
A new pedestrian bridge under construction near the campus of Florida International University collapsed Thursday, crushing eight cars underneath the concrete slabs. The Miami-Dade Police Department confirmed to NBC Miami on Friday that six people have died. “This has turned into from a rescue to a recovery operation,” Det. Alvaro Zabaleta said. According to NBC …
10 Worker Safety and Productivity Tips for 2018
Workplace safety is a multifaceted issue for many manufacturers and industrial operators. It includes both machine and process safety and is vital to protecting workers, avoiding production interruptions and achieving operational excellence. While it’s a new year, the challenges in manufacturing remain the same, including fewer available workers, globalization, innovation, safety and security concerns and …
Post-election, people even more stressed by political talk at work, survey shows
Washington – Months into the new presidential administration, American workers are feeling more anxious and negative regarding political talk at work than they did prior to the election, according to the latest survey from the American Psychological Association. The survey gathered responses from 1,311 full- or part-time workers from Feb. 16 to March 8 and …
Death on the Job: Still Much More to do
The good news: An estimated 553,000 workers’ lives have been saved since the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. The bad news … Almost 5,000 workers are still killed on the job each year due to injuries, and another estimated 50,000 to 60,000 die from occupational illnesses. The 26th annual Death …
Dying at Work in California: 388 Workers Didn’t Come Home
Recently released data show 388 workers were killed on the job in California in 2015, more than one per day. This and other findings are included in a report released today by Worksafe, an Oakland-based worker health and safety organization, to commemorate Workers Memorial Day 2017, an international day of remembrance for workers who have …
Top 10 Workplace Law Developments To Expect From the Trump Presidency
It’s official: Donald Trump will soon be our nation’s 45th president. Now the work begins to forecast what the next four years will bring. We’ve spent some time gathering collective wisdom from our attorneys at Fisher Phillips on what the next administration will mean for workplace law and the nation’s employers. 1. Immigration Candidate Trump …
Worker Misclassification
Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division administrator David Weil figured Paul Johnson Drywall Inc. had “kind of seen the light” by the time the company’s case was settled. The Arizona-based company agreed in May 2014 to pay $600,000 in back wages, overtime and penalties to more than 445 current and former employees. The decision …