A California scaffolding collapse has left three workers hurt and two of them facing life-threatening injuries. The construction accident happened at approximately 9:35 a.m. on Jan. 24 at a home on Clayton Street in the Twin Peaks neighborhood of San Francisco. There...
Month: January 2014
Industrial plant collapse kills 2, injures 17
California workers may be interested in an accident that occurred at a livestock feed plant in Omaha, Neb. The accident resulted in injuries and deaths for some of those employed at the plant, and is still under investigation by authorities. On the morning of Jan. 20,...
2 California workers sent to hospital following lab explosion
Two Amgen Inc. employees at a facility in South San Francisco were injured in a minor explosion in one of the biotechnology company's third-floor labs on Jan. 8, according to a fire marshal. Fire crews were notified of the explosion at around 3:30 p.m., which prompted...
OSHA orders company to pay worker for blacklisting and sabotage
Workers in California may have heard about a New Jersey man who was blacklisted by a trucking company after he sought treatment for a workplace injury. Now the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered New Prime Inc. to pay the former employee...
Construction company sued for worker’s death
California readers might be interested in the case of a worker who died in a fall at Kyle Field, the stadium at Texas A&M University, which is currently under renovation. A Houston-based construction company has been sued by the relatives of a demolition worker...
