Workers’ Compensation

OSHA has instituted a push to get companies to increase efforts to protect the hearing of their workers. In Massachusetts and nationwide, workers often sustain a kind of gradual-onset workplace injury that may not rise to the level of deafness but which results in loss of clarity and a loss of understanding. Those abilities are needed in the workplace to avoid other kinds of injuries. The Department of Labor has verified that hearing loss is a major life deficit that can lead to personal isolation due to loss of communication abilities. About 22 million workers nationwide face damaging levels of noise at…

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently levied fines against William H. Glancy & Sons Inc. The fines have been issued in connection with a deadly workplace accident that happened back in March of this year. A mechanic that had been with the company at least seven years was found dead beneath one of the company's trucks. The mechanic had gone underneath the truck, presumably without telling the driver that he was going to be under it. The driver proceeded to move the truck, and the mechanic was crushed underneath it. The rigging company has been in Massachusetts for nearly 100…

Having a job that requires work outside of an office is a dream for many. Being able to enjoy varying daily sights and fresh air are just two benefits that non-office workers take pleasure in. Though there are various benefits differing from those who work indoors, there are also different risks and hazards that outdoor workers can face. Weather changes and extreme temperatures can pose serious health risks, and if an injury or death occurs on the job, employers may be responsible for workers' compensation. One type of worker who must be out in all types of weather is the mail…

A Massachusetts man who works trimming and cutting tree branches was injured on the job yesterday when he fell 25 to 30 feet from the bucket of a work truck. He was flown by helicopter to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, with what were described as "very serious injuries." The accident was in Duxbury, about 30 miles south of Boston. A captain with the Duxbury Fire Department said the worker appeared to be in his twenties or thirties, but said he didn't know the man's name, exact age or what caused him to fall from the truck's extended boom. The captain said…