By the Labor Department’s count, on average, 15 people are killed each day on the job and about 11,000 suffer occupational illnesses or injuries. Labor Department officials and business interests crow about the numbers because, they say, the ...
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GUNNS Ltd director and former Premier Robin Gray slammed Workplace Standards Tasmania yesterday after safety charges against his board were dismissed. The company and directors Mr Gray, Cornelis Van Der Klay, Richard Millar, Christopher Newman, Robin ...
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Investigations will continue today into an industrial accident that killed a 25-year-old man in Brisbane's south. He was standing on scaffolding at the Buranda worksite of the Eastern Busway project yesterday when a concrete beam fell on him at about ...
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A 34-year-old Wal-Mart worker died Friday morning after "a throng of shoppers... physically broke down the doors" and knocked him to the ground as the crowd pushed its way into the store at a Valley Stream mall, Nassau police said. One police officer ...
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The stand off between the Federal Government and the Senate has claimed its first casualty. Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced that the bill to bring in uniform occupational health and safety laws around Australia will not proceed. Ms ...
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As one Toronto hospital prepares for a scheduled court appearance this morning on charges of failing to protect its nurses from violence, the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario plans to simultaneously unveil a set of guidelines aimed at ...
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It will be up to an administrative law judge to uphold, reduce or throw out $13,375 in fines levied against ArcelorMittal's Steelton plant following a workplace death there in April. The company has contested the fines issued by the Harrisburg office ...
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