Train passengers and employees can now expect better safety with the much-awaited reforms on rail safety rules getting approved last Thursday. At least this is true for Los Angeles as the board of Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) unanimously approved the adoption of new safety measures. The September 12 train crash that killed 26 [...]

When construction equipment causes one too many serious injuries and fatalities in a matter of months, one of two things happen: One is that government officials remind employers to review their safety policies in the workplace. The other is that they take a big leap and release new workplace safety rules. Much to the relief [...]

Just last week, another occupational accident left a worker suffering from severe burn injuries. This happened while he was filling a tank of a chainsaw at the Martin Luther King Jr. on Mesa Drive. The burns covered 50% of the worker’s legs. He was flown to the UCSD Medical Center right after the accident. While [...]

Everyone’s supposed to know how important it is to wear proper PPE in their work sites. But it seems that not all employers live this out. Many are still guilty of providing improper PPE to their employees or, worse, nothing at all. Just last year, HEAD PROTECTION alone ranked 7th in the TOP 10 FINES [...]

Yesterday OSHA announced it’s top 10 most cited violates yesterday, at the National Safety Councils Annual Congress and Expo. Richard Fairfax, Director of Enforcement, OSHA named them stating, ““This is what OSHA is focusing on, Look for this stuff.” :

Wednesday is voting day for Washington as the House is expected to finalize a deal that merges different rail safety bills passed by legislators. The deal would create the first major updates on rail safety rules since the adoption of the Federal Railroad Safety Authorization Act of 1994. A provision of the deal requires the [...]

This week looks like one of the busiest for the Los Angeles Council as members struggle to come up with a final deal that best addresses improvements in railroad safety. This hustle was spawned by several train wrecks in the past, the latest of which was the collision between a freight train and commuter train [...]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Department Labor are investigating on yet another fall-related construction site fatality. Just last week, a man in Chicago died of serious injuries after falling through a roof hole. The man was identified as Manuel Villagomez, 47, an employee of the Mathews Roofing Co. He was working [...]

Any emergency can’t be called as such if it’s not unexpected. You can’t possibly come to your workplace expecting an employee to fall from a platform or for another to get burned by chemicals. All emergencies are unexpected and that counts for the many fatalities that happen in the workplace every single day. This, however, [...]

Just yesterday, a worker in a Branchburg factory suffered injuries after he was sprayed with 500-degree molten plastic. He works for Newton Tool and Manufacturing, a factory in the business of creating plastic moldings. The victim was fixing a machine when hot plastic suddenly sprayed on his face and arms. He was immediately rushed to [...]