New Orleans sues developers over hotel project collapse that killed three

The city of New Orleans has filed suit for unspecified damages against property developers who were overseeing construction of a Hard Rock hotel that collapsed last October and killed three employees. The mayor’s office said responding to the collapse cost taxpayers more than $12 million. Fed-OSHA cited an engineering company for willful and serious violations related to the incident. WEIS (Centre, Ala.)

What is the average cost of a car accident?

Car accident costs do not only affect individuals: costs to businesses and society are also staggering. Crashes that happen during work-related activities represent 40 percent of all crashes. Here are some of the factors that can affect the cost of an accident. The Intelligent Driver

Tennessee roofing firm has two 30-foot fall accidents in two days

Tennessee OSHA is investigating after two employees of a Mt. Juliet roofing business each fell roughly 30 feet through its roof on two consecutive days during a roofing project at the company’s building. Lebanon Democrat

New York: New program awarding businesses for purchase of PPE

The New York State Insurance Fund this week announced a new a program that rewards businesses for personal protective equipment purchases. This includes, goggles, gloves, gowns, hand sanitizer and other COVID-19 safety related items. WENY

Virginia first state to have workplace safety standards for COVID

Virginia has taken the first major step in protecting employees by implementing occupational safety standards specifically tailored to the pandemic. The new safety requirements are based on an employee’s risk of exposure to the coronavirus while on the job and include four different levels of risk. Forbes

Oregon OSHA fines pharmacy $10K fine for mask compliance issues

A Lakeview, Oregon pharmacy has been fined by OR-OSHA for failure to comply with mask requirements and may close, according to its owner. The pharmacist says the decision to allow customers into their pharmacy without masks was not based on mask effectiveness, but that the pharmacy did not want to discriminate against customers who could not, for medical reasons, or decided not to, wear a mask. KTVL (Medford, Ore.) [with video]