At last, summer in Chicago is settling in. The luckiest of Chicagoans will make their way to boat clubs and harbors to set sail on beautiful Lake Michigan. Days of sunbathing, cocktails, and water sports can make for a great trip, especially for a young boater. However, as carefree as a day on a boat [...]
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 [...]
If you live and/or work in the city, chances are you’re doing a lot of walking. And with the price of gas nowadays, you’re probably doing extra walking. If so, you can probably relate to CBS’s analogy that crossing the street in Chicago is like playing the old videogame “Frogger.” In short, walk at your [...]
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 [...]
“The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” With all the hidden traps that technology sets, it’s easy to worry that the world will soon be crumbling all around us. And, as we have seen with numerous examples—perhaps most notably, global warming—our aging earth and our aging country require that we make some major changes [...]
With cell phones pressed to our ears, clipped to our belts, and putting email at our fingertips, it’s becoming hard to imagine life without them. And with our busy schedules, we don’t often take the time to consider whether that’s necessarily a good thing. Cell phone usage has exploded in the last decade, and while [...]
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 [...]
With skyrocketing gas prices and crowded mass transit options, many of us are left wondering why we’re still stuck in a bumper-to-bumper commute. And while most of us resist being ‘that guy’–you know, the one who goes flying up the shoulder while you’re waiting (im)patiently in your lane–we still wish there was a better way [...]