In the fiscal year of 2009, more than 79,000 new claims and over $1.6 billion in workers’ compensation payments were filed (Excluding those employed by the U.S. Postal Service). Although the Federal Government has made significant progress in reducing workplace injuries and illnesses over the past decade, President Obama declared in a memorandum on July [...]

During the time of Richard Nixon’s presidency, he and congress passed the Occupation Safety and Health Act which promised workers a safe work environment. Unfortunately over the last few decades there has been a lack of preparation, equipment, and/or awareness in regards to safety, resulting in a higher risk for a life being lost on [...]

We live in a world that moves at incredible speeds and, of course, nowhere is this more obvious than in the business world. Whether you are a CEO in a high rise building or whether you are the worker actually responsible for constructing that building, you and your staff certainly work under harsh circumstances, tight [...]