Posts tagged Worksite Injuries

• Insurance Statements: Talk To An Attorney First

  Mike Bryant | April 22, 2009 9:51 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  It's amazing how many times I hear about adjusters calling people in emergency rooms, showing up at the scenes, dropping in unexpectedly, or calling, calling, calling. They are aggressive in ways...

• Smithville Crane Accident Leads to Fatality

  Brooks Schuelke | July 31, 2008 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The regular readers of this blog know that July has been devoted to issues relating to worksite safety. Unfortunately, as the month comes to a close, workers in the Central Texas town of Smithville...

• Austin Considering Regulations to Reduce Crane Accidents

  Brooks Schuelke | July 28, 2008 10:33 AM | 1 CommentAustin, TX Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  In the wake of this month's Houston crane collapse, the Austin American Statesman is reporting that Austin city council member Mike Martinez is asking the Austin City Council to draft an ordinance...

• Stale medical bills,

  Steve Lombardi | June 10, 2008 7:16 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The question has to do with stale medical bills and a delayed billing by the medical service provider. The billing was not originally made and when it was, six years later, it was too late to file...

• Iowa Workers' Comp - What kinds of death benefits can you get?

  Steve Lombardi | May 15, 2008 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Under Iowa law what benefits are dependent persons, (a wife or husband or child, entitled to following a work related death? Death benefits are covered under Iowa's workers compensation laws....

• Farm related work deaths analyzed

  Steve Lombardi | May 10, 2008 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Seventy-nine workers suffered a traumatic death while working in Iowa during 2007 according to the Iowa Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program, called IA FACE, based at the University of...

• Cadmium poisoning - your final defense

  Megan Roth | May 06, 2008 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Cadmium's effects begin almost immediately after exposure. Though an individual may have overcome the cadmium blues, they will continue to suffer its effects in the form of bone loss, kidney...

• You've been exposed to Cadmium - now what?

  Megan Roth | May 05, 2008 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Cadmium poisoning and how to effectively treat it is a conundrum. Alright, let's say you've done everything we recommended in order to prevent cadmium poisoning. You've altered your diet to include...

• Increased Susceptibility to Cadmium - are you responsible?

  Megan Roth | May 04, 2008 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Certain hobbies and habits actually increase your susceptibility to the toxin. As if the nicotine and tar weren't enough, add cadmium to the mix of tobacco's harmful ingredients.In our previous...

• The High Cost of Cheap Batteries

  Megan Roth | May 03, 2008 12:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  While we're doing our best to keep our wallets thick, we're contributing to the health deterioration of any factory worker or distributor. Though the negative effects of cadmium batteries are...