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Broadway Spider-Man Play Charged with 2 Safety Violations

The New York State Department of Labor has issued two safety violations against the Broadway musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark”.  The violations were issued as a result of the accidents last year that involved an actor falling more than 20 feet during the show and two other performers sustaining injuries while rehearsing a sling-shot [...]

Drill-Bit Piece Left in Patient’s Head Leaves Prominent Hospital with Headache

A prominent Rhode Island hospital says a piece of a medical drill bit was accidentally left in a patient’s head during a procedure, which broke off and was not accounted for at the end of the procedure, and later had to be removed. The hospital says it has suspended the doctor and operating-room team involved.  [...]

US Labor Department’s awards $500,000 in Mine Safety Grants

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration has announced it will award $500,000 in grant funds to six organizations that provide education and training within the mining industry, to focus on mine emergency prevention and preparedness for all underground mines. The grants program was established through a provision in the Mine Improvement [...]

SeaWorld fined $75,000 for Animal Trainer Employee’s Death

SeaWorld has been fined $75,000 by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for three safety violations. One such violation has been classified as willful, after the death of one of its animal trainers in February 2010.   The agency’s investigation report “revealed that SeaWorld trainers had an extensive history of unexpected and [...]

Sea World WhistleBlower: Trainer Death Caused by Park’s Negligence

Former SeaWorld safety chief Linda Simons claims she was fired for talking too much to federal investigators following the February death of trainer Dawn Brancheau by the killer whale Tilikum. Simons, who started work at SeaWorld in Orlando one week before the drowning, has filed a federal whistleblower complaint.  Simons says that just two weeks [...]