In many lines of work in California, the risk of injury often goes hand in hand with an individual's work responsibilities. However, some lines of work carry with them an increased chance of suffering serious, if not fatal, injuries. An arborist was recently fatally...
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Month: August 2015
Company fined after explosion that injured workers
California state regulators recently fined ExxonMobil $566,600 in relation to 19 safety and health violations after the Feb. 18 explosion in Torrance. The explosion was literally felt throughout the city. The number of injured workers totalled four, and the explosion...
Three people injured on the job when structure collapses
Construction work, like many other types of professions involving manual labor, carries a certain amount of risk. Many construction accidents in California that occur on roadways are the result of vehicles striking workers. In the case of three construction workers...
Construction worker suffers work injury, lifted out of dam
Injuries on construction sites are a common occurrence in California. A construction worker in Sacramento suffered a work injury and was rescued from a 40-foot deep dam recently. The worker was at a job site on the Sacramento River for the Davis-Woodland Water Intake...