Posts tagged workers

• Is Lack of Sleep Affecting Your Work?

  Mike Bryant | May 25, 2012 9:02 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  I've written about the importance of sleep to driving a number of times: Drive Safer: Get Some Sleep!, Mike Bryant | April 02, 2012 9:38 AM Taking A Look at Police Safety, Mike Bryant...

• Young People Working on The Farm and Safety

  Mike Bryant | May 22, 2012 9:49 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  We have for years been around farm families. I have hired employees who learned their work ethic on the farm. We have represented people injured on the farm and have figured the loss when outside...

• Workers' Memorial Day Reminds Us to See Road Construction Workers

  Mike Bryant | April 28, 2012 1:42 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  This weekend, as part of the Workers Memorial Day remembrance, road construction deaths are being remembered. Since 1960, 33 Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) employees have been...

• Can We Learn from Pirates?

  Mike Bryant | April 19, 2012 9:47 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Last month, I took the boys to the Real Pirates exhibit at the Minnesota Science Museum. It was very much worth the time. It told the story of real pirates and covered them pretty much start to...

• Slow Down in Construction Zones

  Mike Bryant | April 18, 2012 9:38 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Wrongful Death
  

  This past week, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) announced 316 projects, including 92 in the metro area starting this Month. Lt. Eric Roeske of the Minnesota State Patrol also...

• Would Better Diets Help With Safer Workers?

  Mike Bryant | January 21, 2012 12:38 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  In the last several years, the obesity epidemic and the increasing incidence of diabetes have gotten significant attention in the news, often with a focus on what we can do to reverse these...

• Increase in Composting Means More Safety

  Mike Bryant | January 17, 2012 7:40 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Not everything is an exact science and methods of composting are one of them. Job related deaths have occurred regardless of the procedures set in place for safety. There were three workers who...

• Think Safety for Black Friday

  Mike Bryant | November 24, 2011 2:40 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  There has been some very good advice given here at the Injuryboard. Take a minute and check it out: Mark Bello with Happy Thanksgiving: Tips for Safe Holiday Shopping Eddie Farah gives us...

• Let's Have a Safe Black Friday

  Mike Bryant | November 24, 2011 12:34 PM | 0 CommentsMinneapolis, MN Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The stories are crazy from the last couple of Black Fridays, as people fought over places in line and acted like animals. Thankfully, there wasn't any Walmart like deaths this year. I won't be up...

• Why is Medicare Involved in My Settlement?

  Mike Bryant | October 07, 2011 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  There have been new and old issues that have come up with changes in the Medicare rules. In July of 2009 a number of reporting requirements were added. Basically, in each settlement it must be...