Workplace Injuries

• Construction Worker Injured at NKU

  Lee Coleman | November 28, 2006 6:39 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Friday afternoon a construction worker was injured in an accident at the campus of Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights. The employee of Messer Construction was working on some demolition work for the new Student Union Building when some rebar he was cutting released a block that fell on his left arm. He jerked his arm out but tore the skin and exposed the muscle. Paramedics were...

• What Choice Does A Worker Really Have?

  Bob Carroll | November 27, 2006 10:16 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  For too many years I have confronted judges and juries who appear to believe that a worker should simply have refused to perform a particular work assignment because he or she could plainly see it was unsafe. Confined Space posts an article that expresses my frustration with the so-called voluntary assumption of the risk by employees."Do what you're told, or take the chance of being fired." If...

• Third crane collapse since April on I-25

  Staff Writer | November 21, 2006 5:52 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Last week in Colorado Springs, a crane collapsed over I-25 for the third time since a fatal accident in April. Fortunately no one was injured in this crane accident that dropped a girder onto the open highway and closed the I-25 for many hours. This has been the third accident since the $150 million COSMIX construction project began. An April crane collapse killed a worker. Many are wondering...

• Near miss when crane crashes at worksite

  Staff Writer | November 21, 2006 10:20 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  A crane accident in Colorado Springs last week in an open roadway of the COSMIX construction zone, fortunately not injuring anyone in the process. According to a report on Gazette.com, this was the third such mishap involving a crane in the construction site since April. One of the worksite accidents killed a worker. "This raises major concerns," said John Healy, area director for the...

• Worker's Compensation

  Eddie Farah | November 16, 2006 6:17 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  Injuries on the job occur daily. You work hard but what happens if you're hurt on the job and can't work? Just like that, you're without income and have no way to make ends meetAll 50 states require employers with 4 or more part-time or full-time employees to provide worker's compensation insurance. Worker's compensation is very tricky. In 1994, Florida legislature amended the workers'...

• Most dangerous jobs in America

  Staff Writer | November 16, 2006 12:55 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  MSNBC.com and Forbes.com just posted an interesting article about the most dangerous jobs for American workers. Commercial fishing and truck driving top the list of careers that bring the most injuries and deaths each year in our country. Anyone who drives on our nation's highways often for their career is at higher risk of injury or death, according to the article. This includes traveling...

• Preventing eye injury in the workplace

  Staff Writer | November 15, 2006 1:08 PM | 0 CommentsMontgomery, AL

  Eye injuries in the workplace may be caused by a number of factors, including an unsafe environment, an employee's lack of training or failure to follow proper safety practices. An article on OccupationalHazards.com offers advice on how to improve safety in the workplace and prevent eye injury among workers. In one case, a 24-year-old worker lost his left eye when a pallet when a co-worker swung...

• Construction site injury shocks man

  Staff Writer | November 14, 2006 12:40 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  MyrtleBeachOnline reported a construction accident today in which a subcontractor was shocked while installing parking lot light poles at a middle school construction site near Conway. The worksite accident involved a crane boom hoisting a light pole, which fell and struck power lines. As a result 27-year-old Sherrod Sellars suffered second-degree burns on his stomach and third-degree burns on...

• Texas City Refinery Knew About Serious Safety Risks Before 2005 Explosion

  Beth Janicek | November 08, 2006 2:56 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  60 Minutes confirms reporting by the Houston Chronicle that BP executives knew there were serious safety concerns about the company's Texas City refinery in advance of the 2005 explosion that killed 15 and injured many more.A federal investiation gathered evidence gathered that shows that Parus and other plant officials were well aware of the safety risk in Texas City.A survey of employees...

• Open Season on Injured Workers?

  Justin Madden | November 07, 2006 4:56 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  With the hunting season nearing full swing, is it open season on injured workers?Apparently school districts have annoucned that injured teachers and school employees are costing the districts too much in workers compensation claims. A determined effort will be made, apparently, to compel injured school employees to do other jobs until they are able to return to their regular job, or to cajole...