Workplace Injuries

• Coal mine layoffs linked to accident

  Staff Writer | December 06, 2006 12:47 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Officials from Birmingham-based Drummond Company announced Monday that they would lay off 455 workers at the Shoal Creek Mine in western Jefferson County. Since October, the mine has been closed after extensive damage resulting from an underground blast 10 months ago. Though no one was killed in the February accident, there was so much damage that the mine was forced to shut down. Shoals Creek...

• Coal mining accidents spur safety recommendations

  Staff Writer | December 05, 2006 9:39 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The Mine Safety Technology and Training Commission just came out with more than 70 documented safety recommendations for miners. The goal is to prevent more deaths and injuries resulting from mining accidents. The mining industry has just experienced its worst year in many decades, with more deaths and injuries than most people can remember. An interesting article on insurancejournal.com details...

• Most dangerous jobs in America

  Staff Writer | November 16, 2006 12:55 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  MSNBC.com and Forbes.com just posted an interesting article about the most dangerous jobs for American workers. Commercial fishing and truck driving top the list of careers that bring the most injuries and deaths each year in our country. Anyone who drives on our nation's highways often for their career is at higher risk of injury or death, according to the article. This includes traveling...

• Preventing eye injury in the workplace

  Staff Writer | November 15, 2006 1:08 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Eye injuries in the workplace may be caused by a number of factors, including an unsafe environment, an employee's lack of training or failure to follow proper safety practices. An article on OccupationalHazards.com offers advice on how to improve safety in the workplace and prevent eye injury among workers. In one case, a 24-year-old worker lost his left eye when a pallet when a co-worker swung...

• employers cited by OSHA for high worker injury rates

  Tom Methvin | October 20, 2006 4:39 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Approximately 14,000 employers have been notified that injury and illness rates at their worksites are higher than average and that assistance is available to help them fix safety and health hazards. In a letter last month to those employers, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) explained that the notification was a proactive step to encourage employers to take steps...

• OSHA cites alabama contractor following fatality at worksite

  Tom Methvin | October 20, 2006 4:37 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  The U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Titan Electric following the investigation of an August 2005 fatal accident in Auburn, Alabama. The worker was killed when he fell 40 feet from a concrete pole while working at Duck Samford Park where he was adjusting electrical lights. OSHA's investigation reportedly determined that safety equipment was...

• Employers must list injury and illness summaries

  Tom Methvin | October 13, 2006 4:36 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Employers must now post a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred last year. The summary required to be filed must list the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred in 2005 and that were logged on the OSHA 300 form. Employment information about annual average number of employees and total hours worked during the calendar year is...

• Preventing falls of workers

  Tom Methvin | October 13, 2006 3:59 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Beasley Allen Law Firm currently represents a man who worked for a company that installed communication satellites. Our client was contracted to install a communication satellite in a truck terminal in North Alabama. Our client and his co-worker had never installed a satellite dish on top of a structure, but instead had always installed the dishes on the side of the building. Because this...