A steelworker working at the new Duxbury High School was rushed to the hospital on Wednesday afternoon, after a 20-foot fall from the building’s roof. According to emergency officials, two workers fell from the building’s roof decking around 3 p.m. One of the workers was caught by the safety harness…
An employee at a glass bottling plant in Milford was hospitalized with first-degree burns to his face after a propane tank explosion on Sunday morning. According to Milford Fire Lieutenant Frank Ferrante, the employee, 55, was filling up a forklift’s tank at Saint-Gobain Containers Inc. when the one-thousand gallon propane…
A Framingham, MA Public Works employee was seriously hurt in an accident with a 14-inch circular blade chop saw, said Framingham Police Lt. Ron Brandolini. The unidentified DPW water department employee, in his 20s, was working on the sewer on Woodlawn Drive when the gas-powered saw he was using kicked…
Natural gas producer J.R. Resources was issued eight citations by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), for safety violations at its Ringgold well site. OSHA launched the investigation last August after a worker died from injuries he suffered at a flash fire. Officials determined J.R.…
A truck weighing close to 140,000 pounds rolled or slid backwards, crushing the legs of an employee of a Stoughton, MA company. The unidentified man was working for J.F. White Contracting Co., repairing commuter rail tracks and the Shawsheen River bridges by the Lupine Road. He was attempting to attach…
A construction worker fell 30 feet off a building but escaped serious injury when he landed on bubble wrap, said a spokesman for the Boston Fire Department. The 38-year-old-man, whose name hasn’t been released, lost his balance while working on the building at 1959 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, falling through…
Research shows that older Massachusetts employees are not necessarily more of a drain on the workers’ compensation system than younger employees. A recent report from the National Council on Compensation Insurance stated “there is growing evidence that an aging workforce has a far less negative impact on workers compensation claim…
President Barack Obama enacted legislation last week that gives protection to federal employees who expose fraudulent operations, wastefulness, and abuse in federal government operations. This new law has been the end result of a thirteen-year push by advocates of whistleblower rights, who sought to eliminate loopholes created by various court…
While working at an office may sound like one of the safest places to have a job-free from the dangerous hazards faced by someone working in construction or another type of employment that exposes him/her to unsafe conditions on a daily basis-serious work injuries can still result. Unfortunately, many injured…
A construction worker in South Boston suffered minor injuries after he was buried up to his waist in concrete for over an hour. According a spokesperson for the Boston Fire Department, the employee’s foot became trapped while he was checking a wooden form that was holding some concrete in place.…