Workplace Injuries

• Kansas Court of Appeals Rules Against Injured Worker

  Matthew Bergmann | February 16, 2007 6:12 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  The Kansas Court of Appeals has ruled against an injured employee who was previously awarded a work disability.In Graham v. Dokter Trucking Group, the Court of Appeals reveiwed the burden of proof required to prove work disablity under the Kansas Workers Compensation Act. The injured worker had been an over-the-road truck driver when he fell from a trailer and injured himself. Following the...

• Worker Killed In DART Rail Construction Accident

  Christina Cole | February 15, 2007 12:17 AM | 0 CommentsWaco, TX

  A trench collapsed Friday along a DART rail line under construction, killing one worker and injuring another, officials report. The accident transpired at 1:30pm at a work site. The trench collapsed on two workers that were resetting a water line between Deep Ellum and Baylor stations along the planned Green Line rail tracks, a DART spokesperson reports.Dallas Fire Rescue said the department's...

• Crane probe puts blame on steel base, source says

  Staff Writer | February 13, 2007 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsMiami, FL

  An unusual steel base probably caused a 210-foot tower crane to collapse in Bellevue last fall, killing a man, according to a source familiar with the state investigation. Investigators have determined that operator error was not a factor.The Seatle Times reported today that the state Department of Labor and Industries examined several other possible factors in the Nov. 16 accident including...

• Will slope shelving prevent workplace injuries?

  Staff Writer | February 13, 2007 10:01 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A news release from A Plus Warehouse on PR Web promoting their new slope schelving storage cabinets says that the product could help prevent more back and hand injuries in warehouses.The American Society of Safety Engineers has apparently endorsed this type of shelving, which allows workers to inspect products without picking everyone of them up. This could eliminate many of the hand and back...

• A Table Saw Safety Feature You Have To See To Believe

  Bob Carroll | February 13, 2007 6:45 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  The headline caught my attention. The World's Safest Table Saw Then, the brief article intrigued me. A table saw will slice your fingers off in a second if you're not paying attention. Saw Stop's ingenious system prevents the loss of fingers.But, the You Tube video linked to this article sealed the deal. Could this be the equivalent of the Dead Man's Switch on fork lifts and train engines? ...

• Blasting accident causes injuries

  Barry Doyle | February 12, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  Blasting activities by a Nashville excavating company has injured three people. The explosion sent debris flying which struck people and buildings nearby.The work was ordered stopped, and could not be started again until a plan of correction was approved by the state fire marshall.Most construction accident cases are based on a negligence theory -- that one of the contractors on the project was...

• Fall from roof kills one, injures one

  Barry Doyle | February 10, 2007 11:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  At a new home construction project, two Alabama roofers fell from the roof that they were working on. Conditions were foggy on the day of the fall, and authorities believe that made the roofing felt they were working on slick.The men fell 40 feet from the roof to a concrete patio below. The fall was fatal for one man; the other sustained serious injuries.This is another accident which resulted...

• Railroad Worker Injury Cases

  Ken Margolin | February 09, 2007 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  A colleague called me recently with questions about the rights of a railroad employee who suffers injury or death as the result of railroad negligence. The answer lies in a special statute, known as the Federal Employers Liability Act ("FELA"). FELA covers all claims resulting from the injuries or deaths of railroad workers in the course of their employment if the railroad was engaged in...

• Kansas Supreme Court Reverses Rule for Injured Worker

  Matthew Bergmann | February 09, 2007 1:45 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  The Kansas Supreme Court has reversed a prior appellate decision and found a worker's claim of injury vaild under the Kansas Workers Compensation Act.In Rinke v. Bank of America, a bank employee left work at the end of her shift and walked to her car which was parked in a garage adjacent to the bank. She then slipped and fell on a patch of ice and sand in front of her car and was injured. At...

• Sexual Harassment in the DMV

  Greg Owen | February 08, 2007 4:59 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Sexual harassment has been a problem for a very long time. However, in years gone by it was much more toleraded then it is today. In fact, in years gone by sexual harassment was not recognised by many as being harassment at all. It is definitely something that is not taken lightly and can land a perpetrator in a very regretful situation. Recently, the vehicle emissions manager, Timothy Kulish,...