A workers’ compensation trial lawyer with over 30 years of experience representing companies including Alcoa, United Airlines, and Bethlehem Steel predicts that the number of workers’ comp claims will double within 10 years due to three major trends. Phil Walker, a national trial counsel for employers in California workers’ comp cases, made his prediction at … Read more
Oregon OSHA had been making this video taken by one of its inspectors available for training purposes for a few years. After being posted recently on Facebook, the video has now received almost 2 million views. The video was filmed by former Oregon OSHA compliance office Tim Marcum during an inspection of a 21-foot trench … Read more
How many of these safety apps are you using? At the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Safety 2015 conference in Dallas, Paul Colangelo, National Director of Compliance Programs for ClickSafety, presented his Top 10 list of apps for safety pros. Here’s his list: iAuditor – Colangelo says this is one of the top 2 apps that … Read more
OSHA has issued its final rule on confined space work in the construction industry. Here’s what you need to know: The rule provides construction workers with protections similar to OSHA’s rule for manufacturing and general industry workers which were issued in 1993. Some differences were specifically tailored for the construction industry, including requirements to: ensure that … Read more