Worker Safety

Minnesota residents might take interest in new safety rules pertaining to electrical workers whose job involves climbing towers, poles and power lines. Whereas these workers had been heretofore unaffected by federal laws mandating the use of harnesses and other safety...

The type of job a person has in Minnesota and across the country can increase their risk of being injured or even dying on the job. The National Safety Council calculates the risk of death from all types of calamities, such as getting struck by lightning at 1 in...

Injuries at the workplace are costing employers and their employees in Minnesota and nationwide billions of dollars per each year. One reason for such expense is from employees taking time off due to injuries that may have been preventable. Common injuries workplace...

Employees who perform dangerous work roles face even greater dangers of injury or death from fatigue, especially in the hours shortly after the lunch period referred to as the 'mid-afternoon dip," said a safety advisor for the Meadowbrook Insurance Group in Minnesota....

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...

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...

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 Current regulations are more than 25 years old and considered out of date by numerous...

While many Black Friday shoppers in Minnesota may have been lucky to leave the stores without a scratch, the employees of retail stores are not always so lucky. In 2008, an employee was trampled to death as shoppers rushed to get into the store. This year, the U.S....

Minnesota residents may be interested in an article that discusses one of the lesser talked about effects of the federal government shutdown. The furloughs at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are leaving many workplaces without inspections, increasing...

This week is Farm Safety Week in the United States, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is trying to raise awareness to the hazards workers in the agricultural industry face. The agricultural industry has one of the highest fatality rates in the...