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According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Excelso Coffee and Tea Co. recently received nearly 20 safety violations for having traces of combustible dust and other various hazards in the workplace. Its Norcross manufacturing facility was...
The number of young employed workers in the United States, ages 16- to 24-years-old, increased by nearly 2 percent from April to July of this year. Now there are nearly 19 million workers in this age group. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, less than...
The Whistleblower Protections Program is currently enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The law aims to protect employees who bring up safety concerns on the job to help prevent a work injury in Georgia or...
A work accident in Georgia left one Georgia Power Company employee dead after he was electrocuted while working on a line at a job site that was just east of Brookfield, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The accident reportedly occurred earlier this month...
Blue Bird Corp., a Georgia-based school bus manufacturer, recently struck a deal with the U.S. Department of Labor to settle a lawsuit filed by the department claiming that the company illegally terminated a maintenance employee because the employee raised safety...
The record summer heatwave is a concern for workers and heat-related work injuries in Georgia. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis recently released a statement regarding these dangerous conditions and words of warning to outdoor employees and employers.Our Georgia...
Nearly 15 safety violations were handed over to Spears Mattress Company in Rome for failing to protect employees from work accidents in Georgia. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted an inspection as a part of...
Levent Industries received 18 safety and health violations earlier this year for failing to protect employees from an Atlanta work accident. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) handed the company these citations after a...
Many people fail to report an on the job injury on the same day it occurs. Though the law gives you 30 days to report the accident and injury, I always feel it is best to report the accident to the employer as soon as it happens. The mistake that most people make is...
Do you have a child that is going to work over the summer? You may want to make sure that they’re working an age-appropriate job with all safety requirements met. Parents are urged to peek in on their young workers, without being too obvious of course, to make sure...
