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Wyoming’s decades-long oil and gas boom has drawn thousands of people to the state for high-paying — but dangerous — jobs. It was the alarmingly high rate of fatal on-the-job accidents that prompted former Governor Dave Freudenthal to put together the Workplace Safety Task Force consisting of members from the major industries in Wyoming as [...]
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Foxconn, China’s mega-manufacturing plant that supplies parts for Apple iPhones and Microsoft xboxes, is receiving more bad press for the alleged suicide pact that several of its employees were a part of this week. Last year I wrote about a rise in workplace suicide at Foxconn, where 920,000 people live and work. In 2010, 11 [...]
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Recently, LexisNexis published a list of 10 myths relating to workers compensation — an interesting article on a topic that costs companies more money than necessary if not adequately managed. Teaming up with the well-known blog, Work Comp Roundup, LexisNexis compiled several myths and facts from contributors (including yours truly) from different segments of the [...]
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Recently, Jacob Irwin of the My Personal Finance Journey blog chose three of the risk-related posts to include in his Cavalcade of Risk selection, with the Risk Management Monitor being one of those selected. Check out the latest roundup of risk management posts, complete with some very interesting risky business start-up ideas.
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