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Teenage workers lose legs at work, their employer didn’t have workers’ comp insurance
Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services on September 16, 2011
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[Update (10/11/2011) below] Phyllis Zorn of the Enid (OK) News and Eagle reports that the employer of the two teenage workers who lost legs last month in a grain auger failed to maintain workers’ compensation insurance. She writes: “Oklahoma Department of Labor has fined the company $750 for failing to comply with workers’ compensation law,…
Two weeks after grain auger disaster, vigil continues for two 17 year old workers
Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services on August 18, 2011 The two 17 year old workers who were entangled two weeks ago in a grain auger remain hospitalized in the OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Family and friends of Bryce Gannon, 17 and Tyler Zander, 17 created a Facebook page, “Prayers for Bryce and Tyler,” that provides a glimpse of the long road of…