Workplace Accidents

An incident that took place at a Supervalu Food Distribution Center in Hopkins, Minnesota, on Sept. 21 has left a worker dead. Emergency responders received a call at around 2:35 p.m. after the 51-year-old man was reportedly pinned down by equipment. By the time...

If you are a Minnesota employee, you may benefit from learning more about qualified rehabilitation consultants. Employees who suffer an injury on the job and receive workers' compensation benefits often interact with qualified rehabilitation consultants. Although...

Representatives from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration were on the scene of a fatal construction accident in Rochester, Minnesota, along with police and ambulance workers. The agency plans to follow up with a formal investigation after a...

Employees in Minnesota might benefit from learning more about employers' responsibilities in the workplace according to Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The standards employers are required to abide by are established under the OSH Act. Any violations...

Minnesota workers who have jobs that require them to work in trenches or other excavated areas may want to be aware that a cubic yard of dirt may weigh in excess of 3,000 pounds. This is enough weight to cause a worker fatality through crushing or suffocation. In the...

Construction workers in Minnesota need to be cognizant of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's new rules for a potential unsafe working environment in confined spaces. Employers will need to determine the possible dangers, find ways to increase safety,...

A confined space is an area that is big enough for an employee to enter but has limited entrances and exits and is not meant for continuous worker occupancy. OSHA issued a confined space standard in 1993 that remains applicable for all industries in general. However,...

The Mine Safety and Health Administration has announced that safety inspection efforts are being stepped up in Minnesota and around the country. The announcement follows a series of fatal mine and quarry accidents on August 3. A burst silo at a gravel and sand mine in...

Workers' compensation is important for those who have been injured on the job. This is especially true in high-risk occupations such as construction, warehouse work and manufacturing. But if you were injured, do you actually have a claim? That's an important question,...

Minnesota residents may be alarmed to learn that the Mine Safety and Health Administration is sometimes slow to notify mine operators about conditions that could pose an imminent danger to workers. The response times of 6 of the federal agency's 12 coal districts were...