A Launceston man has been found guilty of breaching the Workplace Safety Act after a contractor died while felling trees in the Styx Valley in October 2003.

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Sarah O’Donnell, Edmonton Journal

Published: Friday, March 24, 2006
A St. Albert company has been charged with five workplace safety violations - two years after an employee was seriously injured by a falling steel grate.

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Associated Press
DELHI, Calif. - A Foster Farms mill supervisor died of injuries suffered when he was buried under five feet of animal feed, the company said Saturday.
(comment: Interesting, didn’t know there was a Delhi in California)

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Eight people dead in China coal mine blast

Press Trust of India

Beijing, March 24, 2006
Eight miners were killed and five others injured when a blast ripped through a coal mine in North China’s Hebei Province, the local government said on Friday.

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The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed $114,000 in fines against Weather Shield Manufacturing Inc. in Ladysmith, Wis., for eight alleged violations of federal workplace safety and health standards. The fines follow an OSHA investigation of a workplace fatality.

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New York Court: Illegal Aliens Entitled to Lost Wages for Work Injuries - 03/22/2006
It’s an issue that likely will be a hot topic in the courts for years to come: Illegal aliens are injured on the job and, blaming their employers for the injuries, sue for damages. Even though they’re working in the United […]

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