Electricity may power our modern society, but it needs to be handled carefully in order to avoid injury. According to The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), electrocutions were the second leading cause of worker deaths on construction sites in 2014[1]. In order to limit the chance of electrical injuries on construction sites, […]
Attorney David Perecman had the opportunity to lecture at the National Labor & Management Conference, where The Perecman Firm, P.L.L.C., was also an exhibitor. This past weekend, Attorney David Perecman attended the National Labor and Management Conference in Hollywood, Florida where our firm had a booth as an exhibitor. The conference, which is in its 38th year, is […]
One of the most dangerous pieces of equipment that a worker can use is a wood chipper. A tree trimmer died on the job when he somehow fell head first into a wood chipper in Chandler, Arizona. The worker was decapitated by the machine. The wood chipper contractor was using a standard pull-behind wood chipper, […]
Eleven people were hospitalized with injuries after a platform collapsed during a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus performance in Providence, Rhode Island, reported CNN (5.4.14). Like many circus performers, the acrobats’ job requires them to work at heights. “This means that falls can happen even though these professionals have practiced this act many, many times,” […]
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