Following up on a blog post from December 30 about a window washer who miraculously survived an 11-story fall ("Workplace injury brings hardship for window washer, family"), the California Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health has completed its...
California nurses are exposed to many safety hazards as they go about their daily tasks in hospital environments. In addition to being exposed to infectious diseases, nurses often suffer on-the-job injuries that are caused by falls and patient handling. In 2004, a law...
Strict safety regulations are prescribed by the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. However, some workers have to carry out tasks that may put them in potentially life-threatening conditions. Every worker in California has the right to...
Following the tragic death of a California worker at a tuna processing plant in 2012, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the company in 2013 for safety violations that led to the death of a worker. However, that was not the end of it, and the Los...
