Workplace Injuries

• Building Austin, Building Injustice: Working Conditions in Austin's Construction Industry

  Lauren Cox | July 13, 2009 10:55 PM | 5 CommentsAustin, TX

  Every 2.5 days a construction worker dies in Texas, according to a recent study released by Workers Defense Project. The report Building Austin, Building Injustice: Working Conditions in...

• Can you apply for Unemployment AND Social Security Disability at the same time ?

  Doug Landau | December 05, 2010 11:01 PM | 4 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  Although some commentators are of the opinion that there may be risks if a claimant applies for BOTH Unemployment Insurance benefits and Social Security Disability (SSDI) benefits at the same time,...

• Franken's Protection Of Victims Rights Amendment Close To Becoming Law

  Mike Bryant | December 22, 2009 10:39 PM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Finally, Senator Al Franken's amendment to the 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act prohibiting the government from contracting with companies who require their employees to agree to...

• Won Your Workers Compensation Case? Not so Fast

  Jon Lewis | November 24, 2009 1:02 PM | 4 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  What are the insurance companies doing now? They are using Utilization Review in order to cut off workers compensation benefits. How does that work? Well, the Alabama Workers Compensation Act...

• Will Dangerous Ammonia Refrigeration Systems be Phased Out?

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | June 20, 2009 8:47 PM | 4 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Every year ammonia refrigeration systems cause accidents and explosions in large commercial factories across the United States. Although large companies are aware of the risks of using ammonia...

• Labor Department Suggests New Rules For Microwave Popcorn Butter Chemical

  Mike Bryant | May 23, 2009 12:36 PM | 4 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  This past week, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis proposed new rules aimed at limiting exposure to the buttery flavor chemical in microwave popcorn.The chemical that creates the buttery aroma has been...

• Dissociative Identity Disorder and Social Security Disability

  Melissa Landau | July 08, 2011 12:08 PM | 3 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  Happy Social Security clients often write to us to tell us how we have helped, what solutions we have offered that worked and what benefits they have received from the Federal, State and local...

• Electrocution at UNCG: More Information And More Questions

  Pierce Egerton | July 07, 2009 8:26 AM | 3 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  More information is now available about the electrocution of a construction worker yesterday at UNCG. The worker was an employee of Greensboro-based Powertec Electric. Powertec was doing electrical...

• Scaffold Collapse At Austin's 21 Rio Condo Project Demonstrates The Need For Fall Safety Systems

  Brooks Schuelke | June 10, 2009 5:53 PM | 3 CommentsAustin, TX

  KXAN is reporting that a scaffold collapsed at the construction site of the 21 Rio condos in Austin (near the UT campus). All three people on the scaffold were killed. This incident is another...

• Experts Descend Upon ConAgra Plant in Garner, NC

  Brent Adams | June 10, 2009 5:23 PM | 3 CommentsRaleigh, NC

  Industrial accidents are tragic. They are usually unnecessary and preventable. These tragedies are usually caused by defective products or negligence. They occur usually because the employers...