It was encouraging news for workers and companies as the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently announced that in 2007, fewer workers were injured on the job. The AP reports that the number of workers killed on the job annually dropped to a historic low in 2007.
While the news of overall fatalities is a positive [...]

If you are injured on the job, there is a section in the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act called the Exclusive Remedy Provision. It provides that there is no common law or statutory right to recover damages from the employer other than workers’ compensation. A recently published article by the American Association for Justice in their [...]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) gives guidelines and requirements necessary for training employees, and imposes them particularly on companies whose employees engage in dangerous work activities. Such programs are intended to provide important lifesaving and safety education.
These programs also place a rigorous responsibility on the employers with respect to providing their employees with [...]

These days, everything runs on plastic. In fact, that’s our nation’s problem. I’m not going to talk about the woes of our economy or engage in the credit vs. debit debate, though; there is a plethora of other blogs doing just that already. Believe it or not, this all relates to workers’ compensation.
JPMorgan did something [...]

July was construction safety month, providing much-needed safety information for an industry with a consistently high accident rate, resulting in both injuries and deaths. But plenty of dangers lurk indoors as well; many factory workers are exposed to similar hazards each day. Case in point: the steel industry. And, although there aren’t nearly the same [...]

Everyone’s talking about the struggle to fuel our nation: where to find the cheapest gas, techniques for getting the most out of your gas, what car to drive for the best mileage, etc. But some are taking it a step further; why pay for the fuel to get to work when you could choose to [...]

Nearly two-thirds of Americans are obese or overweight, and while it is commonly understood how this unhealthy epidemic is dangerous for our nation’s health, there are lesser-known consequences that affect safety in the workplace.
A study in 2007 reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology has shown that more overweight and obese people are involved in [...]

The summer months require no stretch of the imagination to reach the conclusion that heat can be a danger to workers. While day care centers bring kids inside, athletes cut down on outdoor practice, and restaurants can close their patio seating, some laborers do not have such an option.
On June 23, laborers in California filed [...]

Workers’ compensation is an inevitable issue for some companies. When your employees do certain motions day after day, year after year, it’s going to wear down their bodies. But maybe not; maybe it’s just a matter of proper maintenance. After all, we take our cars in regularly, with the cars that acquire more miles quickly [...]

Finding the Last Straw: Workers’ Comp Cumulative Injuries and Causation
When you’re seriously injured, you know it. Most of the workplace injuries you hear about in the news are pretty clear-cut: machinery malfunctioned, someone slipped, a tool was dropped, etc. But what about the more silent slips? I’m talking about the majority of workers’ compensation [...]