A federal workplace safety agency is fining a south Mississippi plastics manufacturer after an employee lost four fingers. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Wednesday that it’s citing Heritage Plastics for violations at its Picayune plant. The agency …
The Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office says one of three workers injured at an MIT building construction site has died. The Cambridge Fire Department tweeted Thursday that temporary support beams fell on the workers at around 3 p.m. A news …
Police in Long Island, N.Y., say a construction worker has his legs severed below the knee when a steel plate knocked him into a hole and landed on him. Officials say the unidentified 39-year-old man was working to install a …
Police have arrested a New Jersey man who they say faked a slip and fall at a business to get insurance money. Prosecutors say the 57-year-old Randolph man was subcontracted to work at a company in Woodbridge when he faked …
The Delaware Department of Transportation says a contractor who fell through a trench on a construction site broke both his legs. The News Journal reports that the Carrow Construction crew was digging a trench Friday as they replaced drainage pipes …
A construction worker has suffered serious burns in an accident at a site of an apartment complex in Connecticut. The Day reports the man became injured while trying to refuel a running air compressor at the site in Pawcatuck Wednesday …
Officials have identified the construction worker who died after falling down an elevator shaft in Massachusetts as 41-year-old Carlos Ortiz. The Essex district attorney’s office says Ortiz was working on the roof of a nine-story building in Haverhill morning when …
The Maine company that employed a roofer who fell to his death has faced several fines lodged by federal safety authorities. The Portland Press Herald reports that Purvis Home Improvements has been ordered to pay over $44,000 in fines since …
Federal officials will review an accident in which an automated machine punctured a can of bear repellent at an Amazon warehouse in New Jersey, releasing fumes that sickened workers and sent two dozen to hospitals. The Occupational Safety and Health …
A Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that Dielectrics, a Massachusetts-based medical device manufacturer, illegally fired Ileana Bermudez after she collected workers’ compensation benefits and filed a lawsuit against the company. The case, Ileana Bermudez vs. Dielectrics, Inc., came about after …
