One of the important threads we're following in this blog is chronic back pain.Millions of people across the country and around the world face this type of pain. And sometimes the pain arises in contexts where workers' compensation or Social Security disability issues...
Year: 2013
Carpenter killed in accident on slippery construction site
It's been a little over a month since we last wrote about construction accidents. In our November 1 post, we took note of evidence that immigrant workers tend to be affected at disproportionate rates by fatal workplace accidents.Though the evidence was from the New...
Digital tools and workplace accident prevention, part 2
In the first part of this post, we raised the question of how the application of enhanced technology could make for a safer and smarter workplace.The types of applications we are talking about go far beyond traditional tools like personal protective equipment....
Digital tools and workplace accident prevention, part 1
The technological revolution we are living through now has already transformed the way millions of people communicate and conduct many aspects of their daily lives.After all, the fabulous capacities of smartphones would have been the stuff of science fiction not that...
Fatal construction accidents: are immigrants more at risk?
Issues relating to the eligibility for workers' compensation of construction employees who are injured in on-the-job accidents are one of the themes of this blog. In our September 20 post, for example, we discussed the lag in compliance with fall protection standards...
Athletes and workers’ comp: California changes its law
Workers' compensation systems operate at the state level. A partial federal government shutdown certainly provides a suitable occasion for a reminder of this.A state-based system means that Maryland has its own system for distributing compensation to workers injured...
Serious safety violations cause fatal forklift accident
It's been awhile since we last wrote about forklift injuries. In our March 1 post, we discussed the issue of safety training and how the lack of it can cause workers to be injured in forklift accidents.This week, let's look at a fatal accident that recently occured in...
Super Pond, serious safety violations: OSHA’s investigation
Military facilities in Maryland and other states are by no means immune from laws that regulate workplace safety. And so when a civilian technician died at the Aberdeen Test Center while conducting routine maintenance, the federal Occupational Safety and Health...
Personal protective equipment and electrical safety at the USPS
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is an essential part of many workplace environments. Federal law imposes duties on employers to take certain steps to make sure employees have what they need.In the Baltimore area and across the nation, this begins with conducting...
From West, Texas, to Baltimore: dangerous chemicals in the workplace
More than 50 years ago, the best-selling book Silent Spring" warned of the dangers of pesticides not only to fish and wildlife, but to human health. The book struck a chord with the public, and some of the worst pesticides were banned.But dangerous and toxic chemicals...
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