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22 Feb 2017, 12:00 am
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, rollover crashes have a higher fatality rate than other types of accidents. [read post]
21 Feb 2017, 10:00 am
Also, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration published guidance on transgender employees’ restroom access that states that all employees, including transgender employees, should have access to restrooms that correspond to their gender identity. [read post]
20 Feb 2017, 8:29 pm
In sum, the plaintiffs allege that a blunt directive to scrap two regulations for every new one is arbitrary, capricious and potentially harmful to the public and environment – for example, if the regulations pertain to automobile safety, occupational health, air pollution or endangered species. [read post]
20 Feb 2017, 7:26 am
Sadly, the collision caused two occupants in one vehicle to suffer fatal injuries and another driver to suffer traumatic injuries. [read post]
20 Feb 2017, 5:26 am
Califano, a non-scientist, supposedly relied upon an unpublished report by scientists from the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. [read post]
20 Feb 2017, 4:14 am
Those on bikes do not have reinforced frames to protect occupants and they lack other safety features to protect riders from serious injury. [read post]
19 Feb 2017, 1:00 pm
The list of designated professions changes regularly, but, historically, it has always included several occupations in the technology space. [read post]
17 Feb 2017, 6:56 am
(Washington Monument Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)I recently announced the forthcoming publication by Carolina Academic Press of my Elements of Law and the United States Legal System (ISBN: 978-1-61163-927-8 • e-ISBN: 978-1-61163-984-1).The work made sense as a century of legalization (here and here) and judicialization (here and here) forces more and more people worldwide to bump up against aspects of aspects of the U.S: legal system. [read post]
17 Feb 2017, 2:32 am
If you’re a workplace safety buff, you may remember that in 2013, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration decided that employees in non-union workplaces could designate outside “representatives” to accompany OSHA inspectors on “walkarounds. [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 8:02 pm
For chronic condition denials, pre-existing condition denials and occupational disease denials, the safety net of Medicaid will be diminished and the workers' compensation system will again be the primary target for payment and litigation will increase logarithmically.A recent report reflects the concerns of the new data:"Under current law, national health expenditures are projected to grow at an average annual rate of 5.6 percent for 2016–25 and represent 19.9… [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 2:20 pm
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), there are four common types of accidents that cause the majority of construction worker fatalities. [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 11:16 am
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) defines a trench as “a narrow underground excavation that is deeper than it is wide, and is no wider than 15 feet. [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 10:08 am
Additionally, the United States Department of Labor, and specifically the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”), protects the rights of injured workers. [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 9:55 am
When bicyclists are involved in accidents in California, they are much likelier to suffer from severe brain trauma and head injuries than are motor vehicle occupants. [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 8:52 am
This is a vital concern since half of traffic fatalities involve an occupant who is not wearing a safety restraint and one third involve drunk or drugged drivers, according to government statistics. [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 5:01 am
“Seven construction workers fell to their deaths last year in our state,” said Anne Soiza, assistant director for L&I’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health. [read post]
15 Feb 2017, 1:48 pm
” To comply with the new law (codified at Health & Safety Code § 118600, et seq.), the signage on single-occupancy restrooms must be updated to gender-neutral signs by March 1, 2017. [read post]
15 Feb 2017, 5:47 am
Every year, The Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR), the National Institute for Occupational Safety (NIOSH) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are joining forces to launch a national construction fall prevention campaign. [read post]
Illinois Supreme Court Holds Occupational Disease Pension Does Not Trigger Health Insurance Benefits
15 Feb 2017, 5:00 am
In 2003, the Illinois Supreme Court held that anyone who qualified for a line-of-duty pension under section 4-110 of the Illinois Pension Code qualified as having a “catastrophic injury” within the meaning of Section 10(a) of the Public Safety Employee Benefits Act, thus triggering a right to have their health insurance premiums paid. [read post]
14 Feb 2017, 9:47 am
On the first issue, the Crown argued that the Appeal Judge’s decision required the Crown to prove negligence, or negate due diligence in order to prove the elements of the offence under section 2 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, being the general duty on an employer to ensure the health and safety of its workers. [read post]
