Safety at Work Longview, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Eleven workers are dead after a paper mill suffered what officials called a “catastrophic failure.” On May 26, the white liquor tank imploded at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging […]

Legislation Look-in Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – As healthcare workers continue to face attacks on the job, law makers are proposing legislation that would protect them, but only some laws are seeing any movement. According to the […]

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, […]

Safety at Work Atlanta, GA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A postal worker said she was loading up her truck when a man approached her co-worker and attacked her. Police in Atlanta said the injured worker, Monique Thomas, […]

NCCI’s Workplace Violence Series: Homicide Trends, Drivers, and Demographics (Part 2 of 3) is now available. WHAT: Workplace violence spans a wide range of behaviors, from threats and verbal abuse to physical assault and homicide. NCCI examines workplace […]

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 […]

Can You Believe It? Manhattan, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – A late-night argument left one employee dead and another injured, officials said. Elsewhere the family of another murdered employee are searching for answers, while the families of […]

Can You Believe It? Las Vegas, Nev. (WorkersCompensation.com) – A kitchen employee at a golf facility has died after being shot by a security guard who later barricaded himself inside of an office for six […]