Workplace Injuries

• 51 Year Old Charlotte Man Electrocuted and Revived by Defibrilator

  Lawrence Egerton | August 06, 2009 10:44 AM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC

  Nelson Pozo has developed quite a relationship with electrical current. Pozo was working for AEP Industries Saturday night when he was accidentally electrocuted. He received a 420 volt shock, though...

• Hispanic Worker Deaths Skyrocket 76%

  Mike Ferrara | August 04, 2009 10:02 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ

  Although the total number of workers killed in this country while on the job has declined, the number of Hispanic workers killed in the workplace shot up 76% between 1992 and 2007, according to...

• Iowa Trucker Killed While Unloading Pipe in Tennessee

  Steve Lombardi | August 02, 2009 10:42 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  On Monday July 20th 2009, Larry LaCroix of Fort Madison died at University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville after he was crushed by a load of pipe he was delivering to the cleanup site of a...

• Construction Safety: Falling pole kills co-worker, benefits may depend on a quick investigation

  Steve Lombardi | July 29, 2009 6:36 PM | 3 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  In what can only be described as a tragedy, a construction worker today was killed after a utility pole was knocked over striking and killing him. The utility pole was backed into by a fellow worker...

• Judge Sets April Date for 9/11 Wrongful Death Suit

  Chrissie Cole | July 29, 2009 10:58 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A federal judge in New York has set April 12, 2010 as the date for the first trial in the wrongful death lawsuits stemming from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein...

• Injuered at work? Now what?

  Danny Lehane | July 28, 2009 2:06 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL

  When an individual is injured or suffers an illness arising out of and in the course his/her employment, that individual has certain rights provided to her/him under the Alabama Workers’...

• Workers’ Compensation and Third Party Claims

  Jason Knowles | July 24, 2009 1:45 PM | 0 CommentsGadsden, AL

  Workers’ compensation statutes are designed to require employers to compensate employees who are injured while working in the line and scope of their employment, regardless of whether the...

• OSHA Investigating Hispanic Worker Deaths In Texas

  Chrissie Cole | July 23, 2009 1:49 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  Recently released federal statistics show the number of Hispanic workers who have died on the job has risen by 76 percent. Particularly worrisome is the number of work related deaths in...

• Three workers electrocuted when using a boom truck

  Steve Lombardi | July 20, 2009 10:10 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Today, it's about three workers who get electrocuted from an overhead power line while doing work on a college campus with a boom truck. It reminded me of my family and the work I grew up listening...

• Construction Deaths Way Up in Texas; OSHA Gets Involved

  Mike Ferrara | July 17, 2009 10:53 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Over the past four years, there has been a shocking 31% increase of construction related deaths in the state of Texas, particularly among Hispanic workers. 2007 data (the most recent available)...