It used to be that when a workers' compensation case was three or more years old, the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission would mark the call sheets in specific manner. A red line was drawn so that the older cases were below the red line and the cases that were...
Month: December 2015
What is an Illinois Form 45?
When you're injured on the job, the last thing you're probably thinking about is filling out paperwork. This is especially true when you need medical care immediately. In order to receive compensation for your medical bills related to the work accident and/or lost...
Illinois mining accident claims 1 life
A 20-year-old man recently died at the M-class Mine, which is located in Macedonia, Illinois. The Franklin County, Illinois, coroner said that the preliminary autopsy showed the man died from blunt trauma to his trunk, head, neck and extremities.The Franklin County...
Fatal workplace injury statistics for Illinois in 2014
Since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking fatal workplace accidents, the year with the highest number of fatalities in Illinois was 1996. That year, 262 people lost their lives. 2012 was the lowest year, with 146 fatalities.The preliminary numbers from 2014...
Road construction accidents take their toll
Construction workers in the U.S. had the most work-related deaths in 2014. According to the Center for Construction Research and Training, in the U.S. Springfield's Labors Union Local 477, over 900 construction workers were killed last year. In the past five years,...