Dealing with a workers’ compensation claim is not a pleasurable experience for either employees or employers. Employees are dealing with the results of an injury, time off of work and bills. Employers are left with paperwork and the task of deciding if they are...
Most people who work in industrial jobs or manufacturing are very conscious that their jobs can be dangerous. In fact, fatalities are common -- probably far more common than they should be. For example, earlier in 2021, a 61-year-old worker was killed at a Melrose...
If you are a construction worker or laborer who does excavation work on your job, you face the danger of trench entrapment. While all construction work carries inherent risks, those working to excavate trenches face a higher risk than many on construction sites. Do...
Workplace injuries happen so infrequently at most jobs that many workers and their employers aren't completely sure of the steps that they need to take when accidents happen. One detail that employers and their employees may be unclear about is the medical...
Most people know that workers' compensation will pay for their medical treatment after they suffer an injury on the job or get diagnosed with a medical condition because of their employment. The 100% medical coverage through workers' compensation is well-known. While...
Workers are more than just warm bodies. Humans can be complex beings that can suffer both physically and mentally in work-related trauma. Do workers have a right to claim psychiatric trauma in workers' compensation cases? Yes. Psychiatric trauma can be debilitating...
People who work in the construction industry have helped build this country. Daily, they put on their hard hats, kiss their families goodbye, and head off to an inherently hazardous job. Despite complying with all regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health...
You probably bend, kneel, reach and turn a few hundred times a day -- both on and off the job -- so why should workers’ compensation pay you for an injury that occurs when you’re doing such an ordinary thing? If that’s how things worked, you can bet employers and...
Midwesterners often tell transplants or visitors that there are only two seasons in the area: Winter and construction season. Road work ramps up as soon as the cold and snow dissipate and continues strong until the snow rolls back around a few months later. There are...
You know that you face some risks in your profession. But you also know that the job your employer is asking you to do is too dangerous and you don’t feel comfortable. For instance, maybe you are working in a trench. It had a support system, but those safety devices...