While Minnesota is not at the top of the list for states that have ammonium nitrate located in chemical storage facilities, it was recently reported that the federal list is largely incomplete. Only about one-third of the facilities are known to Homeland Security,...
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OSHA investigates reason for fall of performers
In an incident that grabbed the attention of circus fans in Minnesota, authorities reported that an accident involving eight circus performers in Rhode Island was due to the failure of a clamp after the part failed. The clamp was part of a welded rigging developed by...
Council releases occupational safety and health report
Both Minnesota employees and employers may want to become familiar with a report released recently by the National Council on Occupational Safety and Health that takes the position that many workplace fatalities are preventable. The report is entitled "Preventable...
Improving electrical safety in the workplace
Several reasons for electrical accidents at companies in Minnesota and across the U.S. can help people understand how to keep safe and improve safety measures. While most workplaces enforce general rules to reduce accidents, almost every workplace uses electricity to...
More than a dozen workers exposed to radiation
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...
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 Current regulations are more than 25 years old and considered out of date by numerous...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...
Minnesota temp workers may be at greater risk for injury
Most U.S. residents are aware that the majority of temporary jobs offer no job security, but it was recently discovered that temp workers may also be in greater physical danger than permanent employees, even while performing the exact same job. According to...
