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The top workplace hazards
Workplaces, from a high-rise construction site to a cubicle office, are meant to be safe for workers. While some jobs may require a harness and hardhat to ensure protection, no employee should have to deal with an unsafe working environment. In fact, that’s why OSHA exists: to make sure every…
OSHA protects workers from ergonomic hazards
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration protects people from a variety of workplace injuries, illnesses, and deaths. One type of injury that is covered by OSHA and that you may not be familiar with is an ergonomic injury. The term ergonomic injury is used to describe any injuries or illnesses…
Your right to sue for injuries from workplace accidents
There are dangers inherent in most lines of work, but some occupations can be more prone to industrial accidents than others. If you are injured on the job, the general rule is that your source of compensation for medical care, lost wages and other expenses related to your injury will…
How does OSHA determine if a worker injury is work-related?
Media outlets in Charlotte and other communities throughout North Carolina can be counted upon to report on a scaffolding fall, trench collapse or similar industrial accidents in which a worker injury occurs. Under such circumstances, there is little doubt that the injury was work-related, but classifying injuries as being caused by…
Forklift accident kills one in Charlotte; investigation ensues
The North Carolina Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Division is investigating a fatal industrial accident that claimed the life of a forklift operator in Charlotte. Neither the Department of Labor nor the employer of the deceased individual were able to provide details of exactly how the accident happened.…
Construction: one of the deadliest occupations in North Carolina
Workplace safety is something that the government of North Carolina and many employers in this state go to considerable lengths to emphasize, and for good reason, Every year, no matter how careful businesses and industries try to be, a certain number of workers will die on the job. Both the North…
How OSHA works to enforce employer obligations and worker rights
News accounts about workplace accidents, whether they happen in North Carolina or elsewhere, often refer to investigations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. These accounts can lead some who are unfamiliar with how OSHA works to conclude this government agency only gets involved after an accident takes place, and…
North Carolina law aimed at averting roadside workplace injuries
When we think of workplace accidents in North Carolina, some of the things that come to mind are toxic exposure at a chemical plant, a slip and fall at a grocery store, a piece of material falling at a construction site, or perhaps a forklift accident at a warehouse. What…
OSHA cites hummus processing plant after fatal workplace accident
Hundreds and even thousands of workers in North Carolina and across the country are involved in workplace accidents each year. These accidents can often have catastrophic consequences, whether a worker is seriously injured or killed. Recently, a hummus processing plant was slapped with $540,000 in fines from the Occupational Safety…
Many injuries and death linked to workplace ladder accidents
Summer weather is quickly approaching in North Carolina, and with it comes a higher number of construction, roofing, and maintenance employees working outside on ladders. The Centers for Disease Control found in a recent research project that falls from ladders make up nearly half of all fatal falls in the…
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