Jan 13, 2015 | WC & Other Laws
OSHA To Start Cracking Down On Companies Exposing Workers To Hazardous Chemicals? – The Occupational Health Administration has launched a new conversation with companies whose workers are exposed to dangerous chemicals. The standards set by the US Department of...
Jan 7, 2015 | WC & Other Laws
One of the major challenges facing the Nation is how to pay for the programs we have promised (and charged) the country’s workers. The Social Security Payroll tax forces workers to part with 6.2% of their hard-earned wages, plus force the employer to contribute an...
Jan 6, 2015 | WC & Other Laws
JBS Meat Packing Colorado Workers’ Compensation OSHA Fine – JBS, the meat-packing giant that was recently fined for the unsafe work conditions that resulted in the death of factory worker Ralph Horner, plans to contest OSHA’s citations related to this...
Dec 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
Ralph Horner, 54, was killed on the job on June 10th at a JBS Greeley, Colorado meat-packing plant. He was working by a conveyer belt which caught his hair and arm, pulling the man into the machine and killing him. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Dec 22, 2014 | WC & Other Laws
It Took an Accident to Show How Important Company Policies are to Workplace Safety – OSHA fined Colorado Pipe Services, a company based in Golden, CO, $14,000 for a willful safety violation because of a July 15th work accident in Aurora, CO, that left a...
