Workplace safety and mining officials were hopeful last year that 2013 was going to mark a safer year for miners in the U.S. Mining is an economic staple in this country and in Oklahoma specifically. As important as mining is to the market, employers must make safety...
The Associated Press has reported that a tragic workplace accident took place over the weekend in Lovell. According to the news report, the accident took place Saturday night at a Western Sugar Cooperative beet processing plant.Few details of the fatal workplace...
The oil and gas industry was established years ago, but it has experienced a recent boom. Has this boom led to more workplace injuries? Data from 2012 shows that as big as the industry boom, so too is the increase in both non-fatal and fatal injuries suffered by...
New Oklahoma workers' compensation laws were passed earlier this year. Despite the law taking effect, there has still been plenty of uproar and debate regarding the intended workers' comp changes. And that debate is getting its time before the Oklahoma Supreme Court...
Tomorrow is officially turkey day, and friends and family are gearing up to celebrate what they are thankful for. This time of year also marks something else besides Thanksgiving and the upcoming holidays. It is shopping season, with Black Friday just around the...
By this time next week, the turkey will have been carved. The pie will have been enjoyed (the first slice at least), and the coupons will have been collected. Black Friday is next week, and Oklahoma shoppers are no different from other bargain shoppers across the...
Men and women share in the duties of all kinds of industries. From leading court cases as lawyers to rebuilding roads as construction workers, basically no job is out of someone's reach is he or she wants it. The fact that there is equal opportunity, however, doesn't...