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Hawaiian Wendy’s Employee Dead after Customer Stabbing
Hawaiian Wendy’s Employee Dead after Customer Stabbing

Honolulu, HI (WorkersCompensation.com) – A 22-year-old Wendy’s employee is dead after being stabbed by a customer of the restaurant where he worked. Kashka Otto, of Honolulu, died after a confrontation with 60-year-old Reynaldo Cheney, officials […]
Employee Falls 60 Feet to his Death, One of Several Employees Killed on Job this Month
Employee Falls 60 Feet to his Death, One of Several Employees Killed on Job this Month

Beaumont, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – A 36-year-old Texas construction worker is dead after falling some 70 feet, police said. His death was one of incidents where employees died in industrial accidents on the job over the […]
Union Slams Wells Fargo for Employee who Died at her Desk
Union Slams Wells Fargo for Employee who Died at her Desk

Can You Believe It? Tempe, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) – The union representing workers at Wells Fargo is questioning how a dead employee went unnoticed for four days. Sixty-year-old Denise Prudhomme died while working for Wells Fargo […]
Death Toll of Workers Killed Due to Hurricane Helene Grows as Fla. Employers Brace for Milton
Death Toll of Workers Killed Due to Hurricane Helene Grows as Fla. Employers Brace for Milton

Tampa, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – As businesses and first responders prepare the west coast of Florida for Hurricane Milton, the list of employees killed while working during Hurricane Helene continues to grow. A little over two […]
Truckload of Employees Missing after Hurricane Helene
Truckload of Employees Missing after Hurricane Helene

Erwin, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) – Officials are investigating a plastic manufacturing company after reports that a truckload of workers disappeared into the rising flood waters of Hurricane Helene. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Monday it […]
FTA Warns MBTA to Make Repairs Safer
FTA Warns MBTA to Make Repairs Safer

Boston, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration wants the Massachusetts Bay Transit Administration to make sure its repair work is done in a way that doesn’t endanger workers. According to […]
Two N.C. Sheriff Employees Killed by Hurricane Flood Waters
Two N.C. Sheriff Employees Killed by Hurricane Flood Waters

Macon County, NC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Two sheriff’s employees are dead after flood waters from Hurricane Helene ravaged western North Carolina. According to the North Carolina Sheriff’s Association, the two sheriff’s employees worked with the Macon […]
Employee Attacked by Coworker Says Company Failed to Protect Her
Employee Attacked by Coworker Says Company Failed to Protect Her

Boone, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A convenience store employee who was sexually assaulted by a co-worker is alleging that the store managers knew the perpetrator was a problem before he attacked her. And when she reported […]