Showing posts with label Bureau of Labor Statistics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bureau of Labor Statistics. Show all posts
Saturday, November 9, 2024

US Workplace Injuries Drop to Historic Lows

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In a landmark year for workplace safety, private industry employers reported the lowest injury rates since 2003, marking a significant miles...
Friday, September 25, 2015

NATIONAL CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES IN 2014 (PRELIMINARY RESULTS)

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A preliminary total of 4,679 fatal work injuries were recorded in the United States in 2014, an increase of 2 percent over the revised count...
Sunday, October 26, 2014

Modern Workplaces Add Complexity to Workers' Compenation Cases

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Premises liability is a major issue currently in workers' compensation claims as people "work at home." The change by create...
Friday, January 3, 2014

OSHA announces proposed new rule to improve tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses

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"Three million injuries are three million too many," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. Da...
Tuesday, December 3, 2013

If the minimum wage tracked inflation, it would be $4.07 per hour.

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Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from online.wsj.com Speaking at the White House on June 25, Vice Presiden...
Saturday, October 5, 2013

Jobs Report Becomes a Casualty of Shutdown

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Today's post was shared by The New York Times and comes from www.nytimes.com On the first Friday morning of almost any other mont...
Thursday, October 3, 2013

Nurses Prone to Injuries With Heavier Patients

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Today's post was shared by votersinjuredatwork and comes from abcnews.go.com Loretta Pierce is only 46, but she has already reti...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

You Can Have Any Job You Want, as Long as It's Waitress

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Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.businessweek.com Photograph by Marc Spector It’s almost 6 p...
Friday, September 27, 2013

OCCUPATIONAL VIOLENCE

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Today's post was shared by Safe Healthy Workers and comes from www.cdc.gov The magnitude of workplace violence in the United...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Looking for Furloughs in the Jobs Data

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Today's post was shared by WCBlog and comes from economix.blogs.nytimes.com The number of workers on federal government payrolls...
Thursday, September 5, 2013

WORK SCHEDULES: SHIFT WORK AND LONG WORK HOURS

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Shift work is a focus of increased concern for workers as reports continue to emerge of increased health risks. Today's post was share...
Thursday, February 7, 2013

Nursing Facilities Have Higher Incidence Of Workplace Injury Than Construction

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Today's post comes from guest author Nathan Reckman from Paul McAndrew Law Firm. According to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau ...
Thursday, September 27, 2012

Transportation Injuries Continue to Dominate Workplace Fatalities

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Workplace injuries involving transportation continue to be major contributing factors to fatalities in the United States. The US Bureau o...
Friday, April 27, 2012

Fatal Occupational Injuries and Workers’ Memorial Day

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In 2010, a total of 4,690 workers died from injuries they suffered at work. That works out to one U.S. worker dying every 2 hours from a wor...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Summary, 2010

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A preliminary total of 4,547 fatal work injuries were recorded in the United States in 2010, about the same as the final count of 4,551 fat...
Monday, May 23, 2011

Latest Workers Compensation Data Reviewed by Professor John Burton

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The Workers' Compensation Resources Research Report (Issue) has just been published. The report is edited by Professor Emeritus John F. ...
Saturday, October 23, 2010

No Social Security COLA for 2011

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Like so many state workers' compensation programs , Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 58 mi...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Labor Secretary Solis reports a decline in workplace injuries and illnesses

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The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics today announced that nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses among pri...