Workplace Injuries

• Pikeville Worker Falls From 42 Feet and Survives

  Lee Coleman | September 02, 2006 7:13 AM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  A Pikeville line mechanic fell Wednesday morning from 42 feet up a 55-foot telephone pole. He received extensive injuries to both wrist. He may or may not have been electrocuted, they were unable to fly him out due to bad weather conditions. He is a contractor for Kentucky Power a subsidiary of American Electric Power.Continue reading "Pikeville Worker Falls From 42 Foot Pole and Survives"

• State Farm Wrongfully Denied Katrina Claims

  Ricky Bagolie | September 01, 2006 10:08 PM | 1 CommentJersey City, NJ

  Is anyone surprised that a giant insurance company has defrauded it's customers to increase profits? A Houston Chronicle article reports that two sisters working for a State Farm contract company revealed the company's fraudulent tactics to deny Katrina victims' claims. According to their lawyer, the company manipulated engineers' reports of storm damage. Several reports were based on a...

• Shortage Of OSHA Inspectors In Florida

  Bob Carroll | August 31, 2006 7:30 AM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  Thanks to Confined Space for this explanation of the lack of workplace inspections by OSHA. SHOCKED! Not Enough OSHA InspectorsFollowing the death of a construction worker who fell from the roof of the 30-story building to the sixth floor deck, Jacksonville, Florida media seem surprised that there aren't enough OSHA inspectors to ensure that workplaces are safe.According to Charles Sorenson, an...

• Son Continues to Collect Workers Compensation Benefits Intended For Mother After She Dies

  Matthew Bergmann | August 30, 2006 3:02 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  A New Jersey man has been charged with third degree theft after he continued to recieve more than $14,000 in workers compensation benefits that were intended for his mother, after she died in December 2000. Officals were alerted by investigators working for the compensation insurance carrier last year that James G.Spaziai, 63, may still be collecting benefits for his mother, Philomena, rather...

• Contractor To Serve 3 Years In Prison For Workers Compensation Fraud

  Matthew Bergmann | August 27, 2006 2:16 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  A judge in San Diego, California has ordered the owner of a local construction company to pay nearly $500,000 in restitution to the State Compensation Insurance Fund and serve three years in prison for workers compensation fraud. David Haskit 44, a licensed general contractor and owner of Haskit Construction, Inc., was sentenced by San Diego Superior Court Judge, Timothy Walsh, to three years in...

• TampaBays10.com Details Construction Site Fall To Death

  Bob Carroll | August 26, 2006 12:30 PM | 0 CommentsPinellas, FL

  TampaBays10.com is breaking the news of a tragic construction site death in Southwest Florida. Sadly, it is a story of preventable mistakes I have heard before. Construction worker falls to death in EsteroSouthwest Florida authorities say a construction worker fell 21 stories to his death through a ventilation shaft at a high-rise work site.The Lee County Sheriff's Office says 24-year-old Jose...

• Railroad Accident Sends Two to Hospital

  Lee Coleman | August 24, 2006 3:15 PM | 0 CommentsBowling Green, KY

  Authorities are investigating the cause of a train accident that injured two employees and sent another to the hospital with heat exhaustion. One was airlifted after being trapped for several hours in the train's locomotive. One train had stopped to switch cars when it was hit by the second train. Investigators are looking into both the possibilities of human error and mechanical malfunction.

• Injured Worker in New York Offered $25 Million Settlement

  Matthew Bergmann | August 24, 2006 1:31 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS

  Seen as one of the largest insurance settlements ever in the history of New York, $25 million is being offered to a man for work injuries suffered due in a lliquid nitrogen accident. The settlement was granted to Michael C. Ottaviano, 50, of Lancaster, New York, after being approved in the State Supreme Court. Ottaviano's injuiries on December 19th, 1998, when liquid nitrogen tanks...

• Nearly 6000 Workplace Fatalities Plague the Nation in 2005

  Jack Landskroner | August 23, 2006 9:45 AM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  The Bureau of Labor Statistics has issued its report on workplace fatalities for 2005. The total number of deaths (5,702) is down a fraction from the previous year's 5,764. While 64 fewer people died on the job-site last year than the year before, and that is a blessing, the number is statistically insignificant when looking at the the 143 million participants in the workforce.In some respect...

• Do I have to Move?

  John Inserra | August 22, 2006 9:07 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  The recent case of Olson v Capital Electric handed down by the Nebraska Court of Appeals as an unpublished opinion says no you don't have to move. Olson an injured electician refused to move to Kansas City to work for Capial Electric while he was released from his doctor with light duty restrictions which could not be accomodated on his regular job with Capital in Omaha Nebraska. Capital...