Workplace Injuries

• Young woman loses scalp in workplace accident

  Paul Napoli | July 30, 2012 4:08 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A 25-year-old woman’s life is forever changed since her hair became caught in an industrial machine at the factory where she worked. Monica Thayer, of Norton, OH, was working the...

• OSHA cites NJ company for workplace safety violations after worker crushed to death in conveyor belt

  Paul Napoli | July 18, 2012 9:44 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A New Jersey demolition and concrete recycling company is facing citations for safety violations after a worker’s death prompted an investigation by federal workplace safety officials. ...

• NY machine shop in trouble with OSHA for failing to correct hazards after employee lost 5 fingers

  Paul Napoli | July 09, 2012 10:19 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A metal fabrication shop on Long Island Is facing hefty penalties for alleged serious, repeat and uncorrected safety hazards, say workplace safety regulators. The Occupational Safety and...

• Four contractors fined $463K for fall and safety hazards at NJ construction site

  Paul Napoli | June 27, 2012 6:38 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A visit by workplace safety inspectors to a Jersey City, NJ construction site has resulted in 25 citations for alleged violations of safety regulations and $463,350 in proposed fines against four...

• OSHA: Overexposure to silica a health hazard for workers in hydraulic fracturing operations

  Paul Napoli | June 27, 2012 12:50 AM | 3 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Workplace safety regulators say that workers in the hydraulic fracturing industry are at risk of serious health effects from respiratory exposure to silica. The Occupational Safety and Health...

• 80 employees treated for exposure to unknown substance at NJ courthouse

  Paul Napoli | June 19, 2012 11:03 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  The courthouse in Monmouth County, NJ remains closed today as officials determine what has caused about eighty employees to fall ill since last Friday. The Monmouth County Courthouse closed...

• Owner of Brooklyn tortilla factory where worker died pleads guilty to labor violations

  Paul Napoli | June 14, 2012 12:17 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  The owner of a tortilla factory where a worker fell into a dough mixer and died has pleaded guilty to criminal charges of labor violations. Erasmo Ponce, president of Tortilleria Chinantla...

• Asbestos removal contractor cited for workers without proper respiratory protection and training

  Paul Napoli | May 28, 2012 12:57 AM | 2 CommentsNew York City, NY

  An asbestos removal contractor is facing $56K in fines after government safety inspectors found workers exposed to asbestos and fall hazards during asbestos remediation at a Buffalo, NY...

• OSHA cites Brooklyn contractor in fatal Brighton Beach building collapse

  Paul Napoli | May 27, 2012 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  Federal safety regulators have found the collapse of a building under construction in Brighton Beach that killed one worker and injured four others was the result of poor construction by a...

• Construction worker dies first day on the job at Manhattan worksite

  Paul Napoli | May 19, 2012 9:07 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A construction worker on the job for only one day died Thursday after a fall from scaffolding at a worksite in SoHo. According to the NYC Department of Buildings’ active complaint, a...