Minnesota workers who are employed in industries in which they are exposed to radiation may take precautions to guard against this possibility. However, workers may suffer a work injury if they come in contact with dangerous chemicals. Such was the case at a waste...
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One person injured, one missing after natural gas well explosion
Minnesota readers may be interested in an account of a natural gas well explosion that took place in Pennsylvania recently. One person is missing, and another was injured following the explosion, which took place at about 6:45 a.m. on Feb. 11. The well caught fire and...
EPA expected to propose changes in pesticide-handling rules
Minnesota farmworkers may be interested to learn the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may soon be updating its regulations for handling of the pesticides farmworkers use. Current regulations are more than 25 years old and considered out of date by numerous...
Minnesota ambulance hits SUV head-on, 3 hospitalized
On Jan. 18, an Allina Health ambulance hit an SUV head-on in Buffalo Township. A 43-year-old emergency medical technician was driving the ambulance while a 30-year-old paramedic was in the passenger seat. They were transporting a 35-year-old woman to Allina Hospital...
Payout ordered by OSHA in retaliation lawsuit
In a ruling that could affect truck drivers and other workers in Minnesota, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that a truck company blacklisted a driver after he suffered and sought treatment for a work injury. They...