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 [...]

We all roll the dice when we step outside each day; safety hazards are everywhere. But some of us have better odds than others; it largely depends on the type of work that we perform. As fellow attorney Steve Lombardi and his colleagues have been explaining for the last month or so, construction workers are [...]

We have certain traditions for summertime in Chicago: the Crosstown Classic, the Taste, and construction. We all know about construction season in the city, and while most of us mark it by standstill moments with our bumper-to-bumper fellow motorists, it is also concretely marked by potholes dotting the roadways.
Potholes give us a reason to welcome [...]

Remember what it was like to be a teenager? A false sense of invincibility, a dread of asking questions that might make you look dumb, and an eagerness to prove yourself on a first job? For many teens that are using their summer vacations for their first jobs, these traits combined with inexperience and improper [...]

As the Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch brings the United States’ deadliest job (crab fishing) into family rooms around America, many people would be surprised to find other occupations that make the top 10 list of the deadliest jobs in America. The United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics has the unenviable task of [...]

Pneumatic nail gun safety is something that Injury Board member attorneys Steve Lombardi, Brooks Schuelke, David Mittleman, and Jean Martin have recently been addressing. For those who have been hit hard by what has been classified as the deadliest tornado season in over a decade, the ramifications of nail guns have potentially different effects. Technology [...]