A safety issue that raises serious concerns in some industries in Colorado and nationally is called machine guarding. It’s important that employees who work on dangerous machines be protected from the gruesome injuries that can be caused. According to OSHA, workers...
Month: August 2014
OSHA wants to stop retaliation for reporting workplace injury
A proposed new rule from OSHA seems to be the kind of important concept that the agency would have incorporated into its rule book a long time ago. The rule says that employers are prohibited from retaliating against employees who report a workplace injury. The policy...
Penalties apply for not having workers’ compensation coverage
Employers are required to carry workers’ compensation insurance in Colorado and every other state. There are penalties in each state for failing to provide that coverage. In a recent case in another state, a restaurant owner was arrested on felony charges for failing...
Dangerous chemicals can cause respiratory work injury
In Colorado and nationwide, there are growing problems of chemical threats at work. This is partly because companies continue to use new and unknown chemicals in their manufacturing processes. In one example, a Yale University lab test found levels of a potentially...
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