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Parking Complex Manager Dies after NYC Garage Collapses
Parking Complex Manager Dies after NYC Garage Collapses

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – The manager of a Manhattan parking complex is dead after the four story building collapsed Monday, crushing him and injuring six others. Officials said the garage likely collapsed due to […]
Employees Shot on Job in Number of Incidents Across Country
Employees Shot on Job in Number of Incidents Across Country

San Antonio, Texas (WorkersCompensation.com) – In the wake of the Louisville bank shooting last week that left five bank employees dead, violent attacks on employees continued this past week as a number of employees were […]
Pa. Dollar General Fined for ‘Willful’ Safety Violations
Pa. Dollar General Fined for ‘Willful’ Safety Violations

Jersey Shore, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Another Dollar General store has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration of workplace safety violations. According to OSHA, a company initiated an inspection […]
Homeless Woman Kills shelter Coordinator in Ax Attack
Homeless Woman Kills shelter Coordinator in Ax Attack

Brattleboro, VT (WorkersCompensation.com) – The coordinator for a homeless shelter is dead following an ax attack at the hands of a homeless woman, officials said. Police said Zaaina Asra Zakirrah Mahvish-Jammeh, 38 was waiting at […]
Minn. Worker’s Cocaine Use Days Earlier Didn’t ‘Intoxicate’ him During Wreck
Minn. Worker’s Cocaine Use Days Earlier Didn’t ‘Intoxicate’ him During Wreck

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- What bearing could cocaine have on an employee's work-related injury? It depends on whether the employee was "intoxicated" at the time of the accident, and as was on display in Morales […]
Attacks Against Healthcare Workers Prompt Calls for Safety Reform
Attacks Against Healthcare Workers Prompt Calls for Safety Reform

Nashville, TN (WorkersCompesation.com) – Further attacks on nurses and healthcare worker have prompted more calls for safety reforms to protect them. In Tennessee this month, a nurse was struck by a patient with a metal […]