On August 12, 2015, a series of chemical explosions in Tianjin, China sent a massive fireball into the sky. The ensuing gulf of fire blazed for hours. Shocking images and video recordings of the apocalyptic scene streamed across the internet. The explosion killed 112 people. More than 500 people were hospitalized as a result of [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Paul J. McAndrew, Jr., from Paul McAndrew Law Firm. This is the second part of a three-part series in which I explain why workers' should claim their rights under workers'’ compensation laws. The first installment explains how employers commonly and purposefully make it difficult for workers' to claim comp. [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Catherine Stanton, from Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano.A few weeks ago, I read about a crisis occurring in Pakistan and India. In Pakistan, a week-long heatwave killed more than 1,200 people and in India, the heat killed close to 2,200. Tens of thousands more were treated at [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Kit Case, from Causey Law Firm.A Mason County, WA roofing contractor faces a criminal charge for allegedly failing to provide workers'’ compensation insurance for his employees while they were on the job. The Washington State Attorney General’s office has charged Peter Daniel Yeaman, 55, with unregistered contracting and doing [...]
Today's post comes from guest author Kit Case, from Causey Law Firm.A Seattle employer has been cited for multiple serious workplace health violations after a worker became entangled in a rotating shaft while working inside a confined space. In connection with the citation, the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) fined Industrial Container Services $215,250 [...]
Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of the University of California Irvine School of Law School and Constitutional Law ScholarErwin Chemerinsky, Dean of the University of California Irvine School of Law School and author of the textbook Constitutional Law, recently wrote an op-ed for the L.A. Times in which he noted a pattern he has seen in [...]
Today's post was shared by US Labor Department and comes from blog.dol.govBeryllium is a remarkable metal: lighter than aluminum but strong as steel. It’s found in a wide range of products, from cell phones to satellites, is an important material for the defense industry, and it is an essential component of nuclear weapons.But exposure to [...]
Occupational asthma (OA) is asthma that's caused or worsened by breathing in chemical fumes, gases, dust or other substances on the job. Typical symptoms of OA are: chest tightness, wheezing, and shortness of breath. OA accounts for approximately ten to twenty-five percent of adult onset asthma. (Dykewicz, MS. Occupational Asthma: Current Concepts in Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, [...]
Today's post was shared by US Labor Department and comes from www.cdc.govTraining and EducationCDC Course Numbers: WB2408 and WB2409Course DescriptionThe purpose of this online training program is to educate nurses and their managers about the health and safety risks associated with shift work, long work hours, and related workplace fatigue issues and relay strategies in [...]
On April 24, 2013, an eight-story factory, known as The Rana Plaza, in Bangladesh came tumbling down killing 1,100 workers' and leaving 2,500 injured. This number includes workers' and their children that were in the onsite nursery at the time the building collapsed. The most disturbing part is that the employers knew that the building [...]