Workplace Injuries

• Protecting immigrant labor from injuries growing concern

  Staff Writer | February 07, 2007 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  An Associated Press story last week addresses the growing problem of workplace injuries among immigrant workers who may speak little or no English. With more immigrant labor entering the construction and landscaping business, proper safety training is becoming an issue. A number of companies are failing to adequately train their non-English speaking workers, and injuries among them are on the...

• Laborer falls down elevator shaft

  Barry Doyle | February 06, 2007 3:00 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A laborer fell down an open elevator shaft on a New York construction project. There were no guardrails in place at the time of the fall.The laborer sustained fatal injuries.OSHA regulations require that guardrails be placed so as to prevent falls such as the one involved here. The specific responsibility for placing guard rails falls first to the contractor that opened up the shaft, then to...

• Niki Trunk Appointed to Trial Lawyer Board of Governors

  Mike Ferrara | February 06, 2007 1:21 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Congratulations to Niki Trunk on her appointment to the Board of Governors of the ATLA-NJ, The New Jersey Trial Lawyer Association. President Marc Saperstein made the appointment on January 1, 2007. Niki joins about 70 personal injury lawyers on the Board of Governors. ATLA-NJ is composed of 2500 attorneys who represent consumers who are injured by defective products, injured in car...

• Vehicles In The Workplace - Unsafe At Any Speed?

  Bob Carroll | February 06, 2007 4:46 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  Today you can be a Health & Safety Executive. That's the name of a British website dealing with the full range of health and safety concerns in the employment world. One example of the depth and focus of the website is Illustrated case studiesHealth & Safety Executive (HSE) has put together some 'before-and-after' examples to help you think and talk about vehicle safety in your workplace and...

• Kentucky Among The Worst With Disabilities

  Lee Coleman | February 05, 2007 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Kentuckians with disabilities are growing in numbers according to an article in the Courier-Journal. Only West Virginia ranks higher in it's percentage of people with disabilities. According to the U.S. Census nearly one in four Kentuckians has a mental, physical, sensory or self-care disability. Almost 23 percent of adult residents are limited in activities because of disabilities."Some get...

• Excavation collapse injures worker

  Barry Doyle | February 04, 2007 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A construction crew in Idaho was working on a sewer expansion project. As part of the project they dug a 15- to 25- foot deep pit. One of the crew members was working at the edge of the excavation when it collapsed, pulling him down into the hole under the collapsing dirt.He was rescued by co-workers and was taken to the hospital, where he is listed in critical condition.This accident was the...

• Former Justice Minister Guilty of Sexual Misconduct

  Susy Owen | February 02, 2007 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  On Wednesday, the former Israeli justice minister Haim Ramon, was found guilty of sexual misconduct against a young female solder. Ramon was accused of forcibly kissing a 20-year-old soldier. 1. The kiss (sexual misconduct, depending on who you ask) took place after what Ramon considered to be a flirtatious conversation between the two. The judge in the case admonished Ramon for distorting the...

• Wrongful Death Case

  John Rice | February 02, 2007 1:09 PM | 0 CommentsChattanooga, TN

  John Rice, personal injury attorney in Chattanooga, Tennessee wants you to be aware of some of the pitfalls in court.The Estate of Billy Wayne Jones, deceased v. Andrew Stewart, et alThis is a wrongful death case. On appeal, Ms. Theresa Diane Jones (Ms. Jones) and Ms. Johnnie Mae Hall (Ms. Hall) contend that two erroneous admissions of evidence unfairly influenced the jury's award of damages for...

• Peoria man killed by backhoe

  Barry Doyle | February 02, 2007 7:30 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A Peoria area man was killed recently while digging a trench to uncover a water line. The operator of the back hoe was getting out of the machine when his clothing snagged the controls, causing the bucket to swing out of control. The backhoe struck the laborer, causing fatal injuries.This unfortunate accident places the spotlight on the equipment used on job sites. One of the factors that...

• Accident at Dallas Stadium Construction Site

  Christina Cole | January 31, 2007 10:06 PM | 1 CommentNorth Dallas, TX

  A worker is in critical condition after a construction accident in which he fell 20 feet at the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium construction site. The employee sustained several injuries when he fell from scaffolding landing on the playing field. He was taken by helicopter to Methodist Dallas Medical Center at 2:30pm, said Arlington Fire Department battalion chief.The worker was moving his arms and...