Herrin Hospital in Herrin, Illinois, was the site of a scaffolding collapse on Thursday, June 30. It happened about 7:45 a.m. when the center part of it fell, taking four workers with it.A man who lives right across the street said he heard a loud bang and saw a big...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will be enforcing new reporting requirements for workplace accidents in January 2017. For those companies that miss the deadline for reporting a workplace accident involving an injury leading to hospitalization or a...
The use of medical marijuana is being accepted more and more across the United States. It's a complex issue and is impacting many areas of employment, including drug-free workplace policies, drug testing, hiring policies, Americans with Disability Act compliance and...
When most people think of rehabilitation, they likely think of something like physical therapy to help with the aftermath of an injury. However, vocational rehabilitation is also needed after an injury in many cases. For injured workers who cannot return to the work...
The chances of an employee suffering a workplace injury depend on a number of factors. For example, an employer who does not make sure his or her equipment operates safely increases the risk of an employee getting injured. If safety is not a top priority, accidents --...
When there is combustible material suspended as dust in the air, it can, under certain circumstances, explode. The dust can explode from some materials that don't burn when they are in large pieces.There are many materials that will explode when in dust form. These...
When a workplace accident occurs, the employer and employees may all be trying to determine what the root cause of the accident was. It can be difficult for employees to admit that they were doing something that they shouldn't have been doing when the accident...
When you're injured at work, you expect to be covered by workers' compensation insurance. This coverage is supposed to provide injured workers with medical care, wage replacement, temporary and permanent disability earnings and more. If your workers' compensation case...
Not all brain injuries result in signs or symptoms immediately after the traumatic event. It can take weeks for some symptoms to appear in many cases. The symptoms also vary depending on how severe the head injury was.A minor head injury may or may not result in a...
A lot of construction and similar work happens several stories above the ground. Even when workers have proper safety equipment and training for working 30, 40, 50 feet in the air or more, an accident can lead to a fall, which puts the worker at obvious risk of severe...
