Workplace Injuries

• Miami Crane Collpase Kills Two and Injures Five

  Jenny Albano | March 25, 2008 6:55 PM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  A section of a crane fell at a downtown high-rise condominium construction site in Miami and killed two of the workers and injured another five. The crane fell onto a home that the contractor used for storage. At first another worker was thought to be missing, but was later identified as one of the inured workers.Canine's surveyed the site and did not find any other trapped people. But rescue...

• No More Good Hands Allstate Auto Written in Florida

  Eddie Farah | January 16, 2008 8:13 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It was a bit of a standoff in Tallahassee today between the state Insurance Commission Kevin McCarty and Allstate executives.Seems they were under subpoena to bring documents into a hearing. They didn't. Allstate decided the request was "irrelevant." McCarty was so angry he suspended Allstate companies from writing any new auto policies.The meeting was supposed to last two-days but was...

• Fireball Erupts at Jacksonville Chemical Company

  Eddie Farah | December 19, 2007 6:29 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It happened just before 2 p.m.A "hellish inferno" erupted at a chemical company on the Northside of Jacksonville. As of last count, four are dead and 22 are injured many were transported to local hospitals. Tonight reports are everyone has been accounted for. More than 100 firefighters were called to the industrial facility on Faye Road and tonight there are still hot spots they are fighting....

• Construction Worker Killed in Jacksonville Parking Garage Collapse

  Shannon Weidemann | December 08, 2007 3:27 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Fourteen people were injured and one man was killed when a parking garage that was under construction in Jacksonville collapsed on Thursday. The body of the victim was discovered in the wreckage today. It is unknown why the construction accident occured. They were in the process of pouring fresh concrete at the time of the collapse. Bulin said she expected the body to be retrieved by the...

• Garage Collapse Downtown Jacksonville Injures 13 One Missing

  Eddie Farah | December 06, 2007 7:38 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  It happened around 6 a.m. this morning as workers were pouring cement to be used for the new Berkman Plaza II tower.On the fifth and sixth floor of a parking garage next to the area the levels of the walls began collapsing like dominos. Tne entire structure fell upon itself and it looks like a bomb went off.Because it happened at 6am during a shift change, worried loved ones are desperately...

• Warning: Watch Out for Black Friday

  Eddie Farah | November 21, 2007 6:33 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The day after Thanksgiving is known as Black Friday- the day for stores to open their doors to bargain shoppers looking for holiday discounts.Two years ago it was more than a discount that Cecelia Brannen found. She and her husband were at the Wal-Mart in Starke trying to buy a laptop computer for their daughter.Cecelia was second in line, things looked good. Then she was pushed and pushed...

• Federal Posting Requirements

  Robert Blanchard | November 21, 2007 9:50 AM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  One impediment to an injured worker receiving fair compensation is the employee lack of knowledge about the laws an rules that apply in the workplace. If an injured worker does not know that there should be compensation for certain injuries (carpal tunnel syndrome, for example), the claim for benefits may not be timely filed. Interestingly, Federal law requires the posting of information about a...

• Construction Accident Injures Washington Man

  Shannon Weidemann | September 29, 2007 9:02 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A construction accident in Tenino, Washington has left an 80-year-old man injured on Monday. He was working on an underground bunker being built there. He was injured in a fall from some scaffolding. The man was reportedly working on at eight-foot-tall scaffolding structure at the site on the 7000 block of Churchill Road Southeast around 1 p.m. when he fell and hit his head and neck on the...

• Construction Crane Falls Into Gulf, Injuring Operator

  Courtney Mills | August 27, 2007 2:10 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A construction crane operator was injured on Saturday morning when the giant crane he was maneuvering fell off a barge and tipped over into the Gulf of Mexico.The operator was subsequently taken to Suncoast Hospital in Largo with minor abrasions on his head and body. No other incidental injuries were reported as a result of the crash.Initial reports did not exactly clarify why the crane toppled...

• Washington D.C. Construction Accident Injures Two

  Shannon Weidemann | August 24, 2007 12:57 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A construction accident in downtown Washington D.C. has left two construction workers injured. They were working in a construction pit about 30 feet deep when they were hit by a steel beam. The construction accident happened on Tuesday morning on 11th Street.D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman Alan Etter said the men were about 30 feet below ground when they were lowering the beam and something broke...