Posts tagged worksite injuries

• Paralyzed Kansas Teen Awarded $16 Million

  Matthew Bergmann | June 06, 2007 3:36 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A northeast kansas teenager who was left a quadriplegic after a diving accident has been awarded $16 million by a jury. In August 2005, Bradley Hudspeth, was injured while diving with friends at Lake Quivira. Lake Quivira is a private residential community that stretches the Wyandotte-Johnson county line in the Kansas City metro-area.Rather than jumping at the end of the dock, Hudspeth dove...

• Injured Worker in New York Offered $25 Million Settlement

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

  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...

• Kansas Court Rules Worker Compensation Settlements Are Appealable

  James B. Biggs | May 05, 2006 10:10 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The Kansas Court of Appeals has determined that the Workers Compensation Appeals Board has the authority to review an injured workers lump sum settlement award approved by an administrative law judge pursuant to K.S.A. 44-531(a).In Grajeda v. Aramark Corp., et al (Docket #94,501) the main issue brought before the court was exactly that. Can the Kansas Workers Compensation Board review a full and...

• Worker Killed After Fall From Scaffolding

  Matthew Bergmann | August 23, 2007 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A Topeka man was killed at a work site Wednesday morning when the scaffolding he was on tipped over. Authorities have identified the man as Anthony Anguiano, 46, of Topeka. Anguiano's death occured as his crew worked at Topeka Trailer Repair, 7215 S.W. Topeka Blvd. A co-worker was also injured in the accident has been identified as Lawrence McCall, 28, of Topeka. McCall was take to a Topeka...

• High Hazard Industries in Kansas Targeted by OSHA

  Matthew Bergmann | July 26, 2006 10:34 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Local emphasis has been placed on high-hazard industry workplaces in Kansas. To combate the potential of on-the-job injuries OSHA's office in Wichita, Kansas is beginning a campaign to evaluate businesses with 10 or more employees who have not completed a comprehensive OSHA inspection since 1995.Charles Adkins, CIH, OSHA regional administrator in Kansas City, said that the agency hopes to...

• Worker Injured While Running Errand Wins At Kansas Court Of Appeals

  James B. Biggs | March 23, 2006 4:48 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  The Kansas Court of Appeals has found that a worker who was injured in a auto accident, after he had left his job to retrive a set of work keys at home, has suffered an injury compensable under the Kansas Workers Compensation Act. In Ridenour v. Kenneth R. Johnson, Inc., Docket No. 94,149 (December 16, 2005), the Court of Appeals addressed the work-related errand/special-purpose trip exception...

• New Workers Compensation Rule on Drugs and Alchohol

  James B. Biggs | March 09, 2006 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has signed a bill aimed to keep businesses from paying workers' compensation benefits to employees for drug or alcohol-related accidents.The change was spearheaded by business groups looking and should clear up what rules apply when an employer suspects alcohol or drug played a part in a worker's injury.Current Kansas law states that an employer doesn't have to...

• Kansas Workers Compensation "Going & Coming" Rule Analyzed

  James B. Biggs | February 23, 2006 11:18 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Recently, the Kansas Court of Appeals addressed the premises exception to the going and coming rule and found in favor of the employer. In Rinke v. Bank of America, Docket No. 93, 868 (October 21, 2005), an employee was injured in the parking lot outside the building where she worked. The building and the parking lot were owned by a third party and the employer leased 727 of the 747 parking...

• Two Workers Killed On Kansas Highways

  Matthew Bergmann | September 13, 2007 8:42 AM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A hit-and-run crash south of Lawrence, Kansas killed two road workers and injured another early Tuesday morning. The incident occured as road crews worked approximatley five miles south of Lawrence on US-59. Shortly after the crash, authorities were able to apprehend two suspects after a 12 mile chase along US-56 in Osage County. Two women from Washington State are currently being held in...

• Worker Catches Arms in Conveyor Belt

  Matthew Bergmann | June 08, 2007 3:47 PM | 0 CommentsTopeka, KS Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  A Newton, Kansas man suffered severe injuries after his arms became caught in a conveyor belt at a local grain elevator. The accident occurred at the Newton Grain Elevator, which is owned by Cargill. A rescue helicopter was required to land on top of the elevator to transport the victim to Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis Campus in Wichita. The man immediately underwent surgery...