Workplace Injuries

• Texas City Man Sues Employer Over Burns from Torch

  Scott Kappes | September 24, 2009 1:55 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Machinist, Michael Allemand, has filed a personal injury lawsuit against his employer Land Enterprises Inc. in which he claims that he was severely burned when an acetylene torch he was using...

• Report – Thousands Seek Help for WTC-Related Health Issues

  Chrissie Cole | September 24, 2009 9:36 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A newly released report on possible health effects of the 9/11 World Trade Center Attack suggests an estimated 16,000 people received publicly funded medical treatment for WTC-related medical...

• Truck Backing Causes Accidental Death of Illinois Highway Worker

  Steve Lombardi | September 18, 2009 1:21 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  A highway construction worker was struck and killed in Morrison, Illinois. The worker was identified by the Quad City Times as Michael S. Holloway, 44 or Rock Falls, Illinois. The worker killed...

• Workplace Fatalities Rebound After One-Year Low

  Emily Mapp Brannon | September 18, 2009 10:44 AM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  Exposure to Harmful Substances and Environments. Contact with Objects and Equipment. Transportation Incidents. These are the rather neutral categories the Virginia (VA) Department of Labor and...

• Crushed worker could have easily been avoided - chock the wheels

  Steve Lombardi | September 17, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Chocking the wheels and setting the parking brake would probably have saved the life of this liquid asphalt truck driver. OSHA fined a trucking company $9,100 for failing to use precautionary...

• Punitive damages for maritime claims

  Timothy Young | September 17, 2009 8:40 AM | 0 CommentsNew Orleans, LA

  In a most recent United States Supreme Court maritime decision, it was ruled that injured seamen could be awarded punitive damages in addition to their maintenance and care damages. Maintenance...

• Made For America! Trading jobs --- for infant brain cells.

  Steve Lombardi | September 11, 2009 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Lead Poisoning of Children: American Manufacturers in China: Jobs and Brain Cells Lost Recent news out of China shows environmental standards are lax or nonexistent in protecting those living...

• Labor Secretary Hot Over Texas Working Conditions

  Angel Reyes | September 10, 2009 3:38 PM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  Labor Secretary, Hilda Solis, is taking a good hard look at Texas’ safety record as it relates to working conditions here in the Lone Star State. The Labor Department is looking at several...

• Two Accidents Injure 10 Mine Workers in Kentucky

  Karl Truman | September 02, 2009 5:09 PM | 0 CommentsLouisville, KY

  Last Thursday two work place accidents at separate coal mines left a total of 10 mine workers injured. CNN reported that eight people suffered minor injuries when a transport vehicle holding 8...

• Iowa Ranks Number One for Workers' Compensation System

  Margaret Embry | August 31, 2009 4:57 PM | 1 CommentRockford & Moline, IL

  The 2009 State Report Card for Workers' Compensation was recently released and Iowa ranked Number 1, according to the Des Moines Register. This rank means that the state's system is the most...