OSHA requires machine guarding for the parts of a machine that are liable to cause injury. Workers can get their limbs sliced, crushed or cut off entirely if they come directly into contact with the "pinch points" in a machine. Every year in Minnesota and across the...
Month: May 2020
BLS: more older workers are incurring fatal injuries
In January 2020, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released some statistics that should be alarming to older workers in Minnesota. The BLS looked at the number of fatal occupational injuries between 1992 and 2017 and found that while it declined 17% overall, it actually...