A Worthwhile Investment: A lack of oversight on safety issues can cost you millions in damages if students are hurt
The safety of children is of the utmost concern to school board members, administrators, and teachers. Accidents do happen, of course, but you must do everything you can to make sure that the students in your care are not hurt.
Case Scenario: Forklift Strikes Pedestrian Accident
The plaintiff was injured when he was struck by a forklift at the end of his workday as he was on his way to a restaurant. He walked up a set of steps onto a public platform and angled to his left in the direction of the restaurant.
Case Scenario: Construction Site Safety
The plaintiff, an employee (housekeeper) of XYZ Co. tripped over a sack of concrete mix while taking out garbage during the second shift. The injuries were severe enough to prevent the employee from ever returning to her job or any job.
Case Scenario: Forklift Operator Killed When Struck By Truck
Analysis of a case where the The forklift operator, an employee of a steel mill, was fatally injured when a Euclid R25 off-road rear dump truck backed into him as he drove an industrial forklift. He was killed as he was crushed from the weight of his 5,000 pound forklift as it was struck and overturned by the dump truck.
Case Scenario: Fall Accidents From Elevation
Analysis of a case where the plaintiff was injured when he fell approximately fifteen feet while attempting to remove temporary light fixtures. He fell from an elevated mezzanine at a construction project and landed on a concrete floor. The plaintiff was walking in an unauthorized area, referred to as the Controlled Access Zone (CAZ), to all employees the defendant who was placing floor grid pieces in place from underneath with the aid of a scissor man lift.
Case Scenario: Deaths by Electricity - Electrical Accidents
Analysis of a case where the contracted scaffolding crew came on in the evening to remove the scaffolding from a ten story boiler of a southern paper mill that they had installed at the beginning of a scheduled outage. The boiler tubes had been inspected and the management of the mill gave the order to remove the scaffolding and prepare for startup.
Use of Standards in Cases Involving Agricultural and Grounds Maintenance Equipment
When a personal injury or wrongful death case involves agricultural or grounds maintenance equipment, it will usually be necessary to retain an agricultural engineering expert to assist with the case. In most such cases, the agricultural engineering expert should start with a review of relevant industry and government standards. Most of the standards in this field are industry consensus standards, not mandatory government standards. Applicable government standards are few, but important.
Hexavalent Chromium Exposure Factors from Welding Operations
Chromium has been used commercially in the U.S. for more than 100 years. Chromium occurs mainly in three forms, described by its valence state. Metallic chromium (Cr[0]) is a steel-gray solid with a high melting point that is used to make steel and other alloys. Chromium metal does not occur naturally but is produced from chrome ore.
Mobile Crane Safety: Factors Affecting Rated Capacity
Mobile crane incidents can cause massive production delays, devastating property damage, and loss of life. OSHA estimates that 89 crane-related fatalities occur each year in construction work, and many of these are high-profile events that receive a lot of adverse publicity. It’s likely that many fatalities could have been avoided with proper mobile crane lift planning.
Mobile Crane Safety: The Importance of Lift Planning
Nearly 90 crane-related fatalities occur each year at construction sites. A 1997 study by The Center to Protect Workers’ Rights examined the causes of crane-related deaths occurring from 1984 through 1994. The authors retrieved data from OSHA’s Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) to identify the number of fatal accidents involving cranes and determine their causes (see Figure 1). They found 479 accidents involving 502 fatalities.
