Workplace Injuries

• Worker Falls 2 Stories to his Death in Construction Accident

  Christina Cole | January 03, 2007 10:27 PM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  A construction worker operating an excavating machine during demolition of a vacant building fell to his death when a concrete beam fell off of a second story ledge, dragging the vehicle with it.A preliminary city report indicates the worker was using a front-end loader to push a 60ft. concrete beam to the ledge of a Bronx building's second floor when it got stuck. When attempting to dislodge...

• Worksite Falls Lead to Certain Disaster

  Jack Landskroner | January 03, 2007 1:03 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  Injuryboard attorney Thomas J, Methvin recently blogged on the topic of fall hazards at residential construction sites. Without question this is one of the greatest safety concerns present on a jobsite and one of the leading causes of death or disabling injury in the workplace. In 2004, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that 1,224 construction workers died on the job, with 36...

• Hotel construction site injuries

  Staff Writer | January 02, 2007 2:54 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  A story out of New Jersey on Trentonian.com reported a Friday construction site accident in which two workers fell four stories in a scaffolding collapse.The two workers were rushed to the hospital to be treated for internal injuries. The story says that the scaffolding was makeshift, without safety standards in mind:"They had made homemade scaffolding," Kostoplis said. "In fact, they put a...

• Power Worker Survives 7,200-Volt Shock

  Christina Cole | December 31, 2006 10:25 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  After touching a 7,200-volt power line with his head, the worker is okay and without serious injury!Alton Fire Chief Al Johnson said the 28-year-old White Mountain Cable worker was pulling cable lines from a bucket truck when his head touched the line. "It was just a huge spark, and he wasn't responding," said a cable worker on the scene.The shock entered through his head and went through his...

• Fall on construction site(2)

  Barry Doyle | December 31, 2006 11:43 AM | 1 CommentCook County, IL

  Two workers were seriously injured when they fell 20 feet while working on a Florida construction site. One suffered a fractured leg; details as to the injuries sustained by the other were unclear.The fall was over 20 feet. OSHA regulations require the use of fall protection, typically a tie line, when working at that kind of height.On most large construction sites, the great bulk of the work...

• Fall on construction site(3)

  Barry Doyle | December 31, 2006 11:43 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  Two workers were seriously injured when they fell 20 feet while working on a Florida construction site. One suffered a fractured leg; details as to the injuries sustained by the other were unclear.The fall was over 20 feet. OSHA regulations require the use of fall protection, typically a tie line, when working at that kind of height.On most large construction sites, the great bulk of the work...

• Worker Injured by Falling Concrete Slab

  Lee Coleman | December 31, 2006 6:01 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  The demolition of the Continental Inn in Lexington caused serious injury to a worker yesterday. According to the Lexington Fire Department who responded to the scene, the man was injured when a concrete slab fell from the ceiling, the slab was 3-5 inches thick and 6 by 15 feet across. He had a very serious injury to his foot as he was trapped for around an hour while firefighters worked to free...

• The Lastest Worst Workers' Compensation Decision

  Bob Carroll | December 29, 2006 9:29 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  The New York Times reports on a decision by the Ohio Supreme Court that makes no sense under the no-fault-based workers' compensation system in that state and in Florida. Ohio Ruling Denying Pay in Job Injury Draws Debate The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld a KFC franchise's petition to deny workers' compensation payments to a teenage boy who was severely burned while cleaning a pressure cooker,...

• State trooper's family in worker's comp court battle

  Staff Writer | December 27, 2006 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsLincoln, NE

  The family of a state trooper who committed suicide after the Norfolk Bank shootings in 2002 is nearing a heated court battle over worker's comp claims.A report from ktiv.com News Channel 4 details the story:Zach committed suicide the day after five people were shot to death inside a Norfolk bank in September 2002.He'd pulled over one of the bank shooters, Erick Vela, the week before the...

• OSHA fines companies for fall hazards

  Staff Writer | December 22, 2006 4:18 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A report today on OccupationalHazards.com said that OSHA fined two contractors in Massachusetts for exposing their employees to fall hazards at residential construction sites. Many worksite fatalities in the construction industry occur because of falls. "Falls are the No. 1 killer in construction," said Francis Pagliuca, OSHA's area director for Middlesex and Essex counties. "Workers' lives are...