Working on a Los Angeles construction site requires that employees have physical stamina as well as requisite skills to do a job safely and competently. This owes to the fact that construction work has dangers inherent to its environment. One second a worker may be...
Month: February 2014
Toxic metals found in southeast Los Angeles County air
Los Angeles County residents have reason to feel concern about a recent series of air quality tests conducted in Paramount. The tests’ results show a disturbing level of toxic metals polluting the air. Carlton Forge Works, a local metal manufacturing company,...
Workplace accident hospitalizes California worker
Los Angeles residents may have read about the San Bernardino warehouse worker that was hospitalized after her hand was caught in a conveyor belt’s roller. The workplace injury occurred at the Amazon distribution center, located east of Los Angeles County. The...
Tesoro fireball, which killed 7, could have been prevented
Many California residents may remember hearing about the deadly fireball that erupted at a Tesoro refinery in Washington in 2010, killing seven workers. The seven workers were engulfed in a fire when a heat exchanger burst into flames while they were checking another...