Workplace Injuries

• Injury claims and on the job injuries

  Don Jacobs | May 03, 2009 5:06 PM | 0 CommentsVancouver, WA

  Most people are aware that any injury on the job is covered by workers compensation. The right to have your medical bills and wages paid and the amounts paid for each are set by statue in every...

• Extra compensation for injuries on the job

  Don Jacobs | January 03, 2009 6:43 PM | 0 CommentsVancouver, WA

  Oregon and Washington both have statutorily defined workers compensation benefits. If injured on the job in either state, an injured worker is entitled to these benefits. Medical bills, wage loss,...

• Worker Crushed In Crane Accident

  Chrissie Cole | November 26, 2008 12:37 PM | 0 CommentsKing County, WA

  A construction worker, 46, was killed when a crane fell on him at a work site in Whitman County, according to Whitman County Sheriff’s Office. The worker was helping to upload a section...

• Death at Rainier Vista Construction Site Underscores Risks

  Michael Myers | September 17, 2008 2:36 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Earlier this month a construction worker, Steven Dale Slee, was injured while working in a trench at a Rainier Vista construction project.  Seattle firefighters took Slee to Harborview Medical...

• Injured Workers and Third-Party Elections

  Michael Myers | September 16, 2008 11:21 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  I read a story in the Seattle Times this morning.  It reported that a man was burned and other injured when equipment made contact with a high-voltage power line.  The two men were painting a...

• Jobsite Injuries--Don't Overlook the Third Party Claim

  Michael Myers | January 14, 2008 5:25 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  You get hurt at work. You file a workers compensation claim. But that shouldn't be the end of the story. Workers compensations claims yield significantly less money for injured workers than third-party personal injury claims. A good example appeared in the paper recently. Rolondo Dudley, 32, suffered a compound fracture on his right leg during a construction accident this past Friday. Dudley...

• Company Fined in Connection With Lineman's Death and Teacher's Injury

  Michael Myers | December 13, 2007 2:53 PM | 0 CommentsOlympia, WA

  Last spring Hiawatha Elementary School in Othello was conducting their annual science experiment where students make protective egg cases that they test by dropping eggs from various heights.The experiment took a tragic turn when the boom lift truck holding a line worker and a teacher broke, causing both to fall 20 to 30 feet to the ground. Robert D. Smith, 50, died and a teacher, Melissa...

• Construction Worker Killed In Fall Down Elevator Shaft

  Chrissie Cole | November 18, 2007 10:19 PM | 0 CommentsVancouver, WA

  A construction worker, 40, of Plainfield, was killed in a construction accident after falling eleven stories down an elevator shaft at a Loop construction site, Saturday morning.The worker was working on renovations of a downtown office located on the 11th floor of the building, according to Chicago police. He stepped into the dimly lit rear freight elevator attempting to go down, but the...

• General Contractor Could Be At-Fault In Worker's Fatal Fall from Crane

  Michael Myers | November 07, 2007 10:47 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A construction worker died on Monday after falling 60 feet from a tower crane in Belltown. While working on condominiums located on Third Avenue and Battery Street the worker, a man in his 40s, slipped and fell while climbing a ladder to the crane's cab. After landing on concrete below, the worker was taken to Harborview Medical Center, where he later died.The Department of Labor and...

• Construction Workers Injured on the Job Can Bring Suit for Unsafe Jobsites

  Michael Myers | November 05, 2007 8:16 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A Seattle construction worker was injured on the job early Wednesday. The worker, a man in 20s, was about 50 feet down in a hole when he was hit with an air hose. The air hose hit the worker hard enough to cause cuts and bruising to his abdominal area. The injured man was rescued by firefighters who lowered a stretcher in to the hole and then used a crane to lift the man out. He was then...