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Tick Bites at Work: How to Protect Outdoor Employees 
Tick Bites at Work: How to Protect Outdoor Employees 

Safety at Work Tick exposure can be a summer nuisance. For employers with outdoor workers, it is also a workplace safety issue that deserves the same planning as other seasonal hazards. As warmer months extend and tick activity increases […]
Workers Attacked in Separate Incidents
Workers Attacked in Separate Incidents

Safety at Work New York City, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A deli worker in New York City is recovering after being stabbed by a shoplifter. His story is just one of incidents of people being attacked […]
18 EMTs Treated for Exposure to Unknown Substance that Left 3 Others Dead
18 EMTs Treated for Exposure to Unknown Substance that Left 3 Others Dead

Safety at Work Mountainair, NM (WorkersCompensation.com) – EMTs responding to a call in New Mexico were taken to the hospital for treatment after they fell ill from exposure to an unknown substance. Officials in Mountainair, […]
Union Leaders Demand Action after 2 Workers Killed Within Days of Each Other
Union Leaders Demand Action after 2 Workers Killed Within Days of Each Other

Safety at Work Leaders of one of Maryland’s largest unions are asking the state to take action after two Maryland highway workers were killed in separate incidents just days apart. The leaders of the American […]
Group Home Employee Fatally Stabbed at Work, as Attacks on Healthcare Workers Continue
Group Home Employee Fatally Stabbed at Work, as Attacks on Healthcare Workers Continue

Safety at Work Portland, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) – Police in Portland, Maine confirmed this week that resident of a group home was under arrest after he allegedly fatally stabbed one of the workers there. Marlene McNeill, […]
United Airlines Flight Attendant Sues after Airline Fires her Following Serious Injury
United Airlines Flight Attendant Sues after Airline Fires her Following Serious Injury

Safety at Work Chicago, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) – A former United Airlines flight attendant is suing the airline for discrimination and retaliation after she was injured on the job. Yihsing Tien started working for Chicago-based United […]
Air Traffic Control Yelled for Truck to Stop Before Fatal LaGuardia Crash
Air Traffic Control Yelled for Truck to Stop Before Fatal LaGuardia Crash

Safety at Work New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – One of the crew members in a fire truck that crashed into a commercial freight jet testified that he heard air traffic controllers yelling for the truck […]
Senators Introduce Legislation to Protect those Working along Roadsides
Senators Introduce Legislation to Protect those Working along Roadsides

Safety at Work Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) - From first responders to construction workers, those working alongside major roads face numerous dangers on the job. But new bipartisan legislation from U.S. Sens. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) and […]