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By Adam Roseman | April 23, 2024
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)—the federal watchdog responsible for ensuring safe and healthful working conditions—has been "raising the heat" on employers when it comes to investigating heat hazards in the workplace during this era of volatile climate change.
7 minute read
By Adolfo Pesquera | February 29, 2024
Frank Burford worked as an aluminum smelter at an Alcoa plant in Rockdale. However, it was his wife Carolyn who died in 2015, allegedly because for 25 years she had been washing her husband's contaminated work clothes.
4 minute read
By Mason Lawlor | February 7, 2024
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4 minute read
By Alex Anteau | August 29, 2023
In their petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Appeals, the defendant-appellants argued the Court of Appeals' holding will cause delays in benefits payments, increased cost of doing business in Georgia and an uptick in litigation.
4 minute read
By Alex Anteau | July 11, 2023
"Most of the cases that are cited by the defense and frankly most FELA cases involve some casual or occasional exposure to asbestos. [My client] was standing in asbestos rope and burning it," plaintiff-appellant attorney Alison Currie said.
5 minute read
By Lisa Willis | June 22, 2023
The death certificate cited multiple diseases of the elderly, anoxic brain injury and Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome as contributing factors to the woman's death—none of which helped plaintiff counsel's attempt to hold the nursing home accountable for pain and suffering.
4 minute read
By Kashyap Kompella and James Cooper | April 21, 2023
With COVID receding, it is an opportune moment for both employers and OSHA to reimagine worker safety for existing and new threats to occupational safety and health. AI, if used responsibly, can be a win-win for both employers and OSHA.
5 minute read
By Amanda O'Brien | March 1, 2023
Heather MacDougall most recently led the global health and safety team at Amazon.
3 minute read
By Mason Lawlor | January 26, 2023
"Nowhere in Dr. Cook's 19-page report does he explain how he reached his causation opinion, and it is clear from the report that Dr. Cook did not identify a harmful dose of any chemical that could cause the [later manifested physical conditions] at issue and did not follow any epidemiological methodology," U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers said.
3 minute read
By Dan Killins | January 18, 2023
Work-related injuries can lead to unplanned staffing shortages, lower team morale and decreased productivity.
5 minute read
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