A new downloadable Ladder Safety app is intended to cut down on the number of work accidents in Kentucky and nationally. Falls are a persistent hazard in all types of job settings. A fall can occur during the simple act of walking or climbing stairs. Many accidents happen because ladders are not positioned or used […]
Nine percent of all construction worker deaths in Kentucky and nationally are caused by electrocutions, according to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. That makes electrical shocks one of the “Fatal Four” most frequent construction site mishaps. Electrocution claimed the life of a 35-year-old man working on the Ohio River “blue bridge” painting project […]
In recent decades, hundreds of agricultural workers have been killed on the job in Kentucky and nationwide by being buried under flowing grain. Sixty seconds is all it takes for a worker in a grain elevator, bin or silo to become submerged and suffocate. The risk is real in Kentucky, where farmers are expected to […]
Random government safety inspections help protect workers from on-the-job injuries in Kentucky and elsewhere, new research reveals. Inspections also save employers billions of dollars through reduced worker’s compensation costs. These are two of the findings from the study, “Randomized Government Safety Inspections Reduce Worker Injuries with no Detectable Job Loss,” conducted by professors from Harvard […]
June is National Safety Month – with an emphasis on reducing work-related falls in Kentucky and nationwide. The first week of National Safety Month is dedicated to preventing slips, trips and falls at work. Falls are among the most common causes of serious on-the-job injuries and deaths. Workers fall off ladders and scaffolding. They fall […]
As temperatures start to rise, so will heat-related workplace injuries in Kentucky. Heat stroke kills an average of 30 workers each year, according to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Thousands more suffer heat-induced injuries – many of which are serious and disabling. The following Kentucky workers are particularly at risk: Agricultural workers […]
Workplace slip and falls were the top cause of Kentucky workers’ compensation claims from January to March 2013. Number two on the list: injuries caused by lifting accidents. These statistics are from the First Quarterly Report from the Kentucky Department of Workers’ Claims. Approximately 80,000 employers and 1.7 million employees are covered under the Kentucky […]
Manufacturing plants are hazardous places to work and prime spots for Kentucky workplace accidents. This is so because of their heavy equipment, dangerous materials and stressful environments. A total of 4,609 workers were killed on the job in 2011, the most recent year complete statistics are available, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. […]
About 10 percent of all construction injuries in Kentucky happen when workers are struck by falling objects. These accidents occur in all sorts of ways. Construction debris falls from a roof onto a worker on the ground. A section of a wall collapses on an unsuspecting laborer. A piece of equipment slips from a hoist […]
Each year, workers in Kentucky are injured and killed when they become trapped in tight spaces. There were nearly 3 million workplace injuries – and close to 4,700 deaths – nationally in 2011, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Approximately eight percent of those fatalities were “caught in or caught between” accidents. A […]