In the state Senate, a bill was introduced this year that could enhance the benefits allowed for injuries involving permanent disfigurement under the Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Act. Currently, workers here who sustain disfigurement on their legs, arms, and torsos are not entitled to work injury compensation for those injuries, although…
Two workers sustained burn injuries in a Newbury, MA construction accident on Tuesday. The incident took place in a trench close to a gas line. At the time, crews were replacing old gas pipes when a flash fire ignited as a worker was welding a cap onto the old gas…
NStar and state authorities are investigating a gas explosion in Shrewsbury that injured a gas worker. A spokesman for NStar said that the gas explosion destroyed a backhoe, and caused nearly 150 nearby gas customers to lose service for hours. One worker was treated for a burn injury as a…
An employee was seriously burned during a flash fire at a Lynn chemical plant on Wednesday morning. Lynn firefighters responded to C.L. Hauthaway Corporation, a plant that produces polymers and finishing compounds, after a fire ignited while an employee was mixing chemicals in a large vat. “Something caused the chemicals…