News on Workplace Safety

Making OSHA work

2010-03-19T02:17:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Bills in Congress would take important steps to help ensure worker safety</div><div><p> Over the past few years, Nevada has become a poster child of the problems with workplace safety oversight and regulation. During the construction boom on the Las Vegas Strip, for example, there were 12 deaths in an 18-month period, and NevadaÕs workplace safety r...

Titus bill adds oversight to safety

2010-03-18T02:15:24Z

<div><p> Rep. Dina Titus introduced a bill Tuesday that would give the federal government more flexibility in its oversight of state workplace safety programs, including the agency charged with ensuring the safety of Nevada workers.</p><p>The reform legislation is potentially important because of NevadaÕs poor track record in keeping workers safe on the job — and follows House ...

Safety board to weigh requiring condoms in porn

2010-03-18T02:00:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Calif. worker safety board to mull mandating condoms for porn actors to curb spread of STDs</div><div><p>Condoms might be the only thing porn actors are required to wear if the state's workplace safety board approves a petition mandating their use.</p><p>In a hearing Thursday, the California Occupational China</div><div><p>No signs of life have been detected from 31 coal miners trapped underground for a week by a flood in northern China, state media reported Sunday.</p><p>The Mt. Camel Coal Mine in Wuhai city in the northern region of Inner Mongolia flooded on March 1, ...

The smoky casino: Good for business...

2010-02-22T09:19:04Z

<div id="subtitle">... Bad for workers, many of whom have spent careers inhaling secondhand smoke</div><div><p> The danger of secondhand smoke is no longer an issue in most workplaces thanks to state and local smoking bans.</p><p>But Nevada has protected its casinos from smoking bans the reason why chronic obstructive pulmonary disease kills at a higher rate in this st...

Arizona Has Changed the Maximum Average Monthly Wage on Which Workers? Compensation Benefits is Paid

2010-02-22T19:37:17Z

In mid-2007 business and labor groups along with attorneys and legislative leaders began discussing changes to the average monthly wage (AMW) provisions of the Workers? Compensation Act. Under then existing law the maximum AMW upon which benefits for injured workers was calculated was $2400.00. Historically, the maximum average monthly wage had been a statutorily stated specific amount. The Legislature would, from time to time, amend the statute to provide for an increased amount. Pursuant to...

Labor chief moves on job safety, workers' rights

2010-02-23T07:14:54Z

<div id="subtitle">Labor secretary works quickly to strengthen enforcement, raising concern among employers</div><div><p>Soon after she became the nation's labor secretary, Hilda Solis warned corporate America there was "a new sheriff in town."</p><p>Less than a year into her tenure, that figurative bad...

Accidents At Work: Top 7 Facts About UK Work Accident Statistics

2010-02-23T11:38:56Z

Accidents at work happen every day in the UK, and the latest statistics from the Health and Safety Executive for 2008/9 show just how many and what type of work accidents have been reported by British workers in the last year. Here are the top 7 facts about the 2008/9 accidents at work and ill health caused by work.<br><br>1. Ill health caused over one million absences from work in 2008/9<br>...

Ohio senator says no to workers comp for illegals

2010-02-24T01:15:54Z

<div id="subtitle">Ohio lawmaker wants illegal immigrants excluded from state workers' compensation coverage</div><div><p>A Republican state senator in Ohio wants to prohibit the nation's largest state-run injured worker insurance program from providing benefits to illegal immigrants, a change he said should lower business premiums.</p><p>State Sen.

Feds report fewer workplace deaths in New England

2010-02-24T03:08:38Z

<div id="subtitle">Federal statistics show 136 worker deaths in New England in 2008, down from previous year</div><div><p>New England recorded fewer work-related deaths last year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday, a trend that could be at least partly attributa...

Why report an injury?

2010-02-24T03:26:12Z

<div id="subtitle">Workers and employers find plenty of incentives to lie about workplace injuries</div><div><p> For years the Occupational Safety and Health Administration trumpeted reports that the number of workplace injuries — estimated to be around 1.3Êmillion a year — was decreasing. Under the Bush admini...

Improving safety oversight

2010-02-24T12:10:25Z

<div id="subtitle">Congress should give the Labor Department power to ensure that states are doing their job</div><div><p> The House Committee on Education and Labor will examine NevadaÕs anemic worker safety program on Thursday following a scathing report issued by the U...

Nevada construction deaths prompt safety review

2010-02-24T12:33:53Z

<div id="subtitle">Construction deaths in Nevada lead to nationwide review of worker safety programs</div><div><p>Federal officials will investigate workplace safety programs across the country after the deaths of 25 workers in construction accidents in Las Vegas over an 18-month period.</p><p>A federal review of Nevada'...

House committee holds hearing on Nevada OSHA

2010-02-24T12:37:24Z

<div id="subtitle">House committee holds hearing on Nevada workplace safety oversight</div><div><p>A House committee in Washington, D.C., is scheduled to hold a hearing on Nevada's workplace safety program.</p><p>The hearing Thursday before the Nevada agency charged with enforcing workplace safety laws and investigating on-the-job injuries and dea...

FedsÕ appraisal of Nevada OSHA practices damning

2010-02-24T15:45:11Z

<div id="subtitle">Probe of agencyÕs response to worker deaths turns up serious problems</div><div><p> WASHINGTON The U.S. Labor Department issued a scathing indictment of China early Tuesday, the government's work safety watchdog announced.</p><p>A total of 93 people were working in the mine in Pingdingshan city in Henan province when the bl...

Keeping Your Employees Safe

2010-02-25T12:52:22Z

It is seen all the time on the news and in the newspapers that employees are getting injured at work and many employees worry about workplace safety on a daily basis. There are a number of steps that employers can take though that will increase the chance of ensuring employee safety. And it isn't only about the workplace itself but communication, respect, and appreciation as well. You would actually be surprised at how far a little respect can go in the work place. Here are just a few basic ...

A new OSHA chief

2010-02-25T19:57:09Z

<div id="subtitle">David Michaels, ObamaÕs nominee, has the right experience, expertise for the job</div><div><p> President Barack Obama recently nominated George Washington University professor David Michaels to head the federal