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A Minnesota based agricultural company has been cited with 19 workplace safety violations, including three repeat violations for failure to test the air quality in work spaces, according to an OSHA report. OSHA reports that the company has repeatedly failed to ensure...
While workers' compensation insurance carriers and employers require sufficient evidence to pay benefits to an injured worker, some evidence is not so easy to provide. When an employee breaks an arm or leg from a fall or suffers another physical injury, the ailment...
A Minnesota teenager who became paralyzed a few years ago during a high school hockey game is excited about a new study that was recently published, regarding an electrical device that has helped three paralyzed men make voluntary movements of their legs and lower...
A recent workers' compensation case involved two situations that are rarely a part of those lawsuits. First, the case went all the way to state's highest court, whereas as many workers' compensation cases are resolved at the administrative hearing level. Second, the...
While many people may assume that labor-intensive jobs result in the most workplace injuries, a recent study published in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases actually showed that the number one cause of workplace disability around the world is lower back pain....
The term workers’ compensation brings to mind injuries caused by falling objects or heavy equipment and other examples of physical injury. Mental health issues that cannot be diagnosed with an x-ray or blood test are usually not considered in this...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has sent a warning to cell phone carriers and cell tower contractors regarding the number of accidents that are happening on their cell towers. In 2013, the number of fatal work accidents at cell towers...
Schwan's Global Supply Chain Inc., based out of Minnesota was cited by the Occupations Safety and Health Administration for 32 safety and health violations at one of its facilities. Also cited were two companies that provide staffing and maintenance services for...
Proposed changes to how poultry is being processed in the United States is raising alerts for more than 100 groups. The groups are comprised of animal rights advocates, environmental watchdogs, farm and food safety group-members, as well as workers’ rights...
In a staggering workplace accident that should make anyone shiver, 13 people who work at an underground nuclear waste dump have tested positive for radiation exposure. It is the first report of its kind for the facility since it began accepting plutonium-contaminated...
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