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Tweet The National Institute for Occupation Health and Safety (NIOHS) found that between 1992 and 2001 there were 44,363 electricity-related workplace injuries.  Electric shocks kill approximately 400 workers in the US every year, and many more are seriously injured. An electrical injury can vary from a simple shock, to cardiac problems, severe burns, and even [...]

Tweet Welding Rod fumes contain the dangerous and deadly neurotoxin manganese that affects the brains ability to control your body’s motion. The sad reality is that individuals who have been exposed to this dangerous chemical are more susceptible to develop the symptoms of Parkinsons or manganism 20 years earlier in their life then normal. Exposure [...]

Tweet Every year there is dozens of trench injury deaths and hundreds of injuries associated with trench collapse. According to OSHA regulation, before sending a worker in to a trench over 5 feet deep, an employer is required to first install sufficient shoring to prevent collapse. It is then necessary for them to perform a [...]

Tweet “Scissor lifts” and “cherry pickers” are both names for an elevated work platform that is commonly used in construction, manufacturing, utility, and maintenance. The Center for Construction Research and Training found in a 2005 study that workers are most commonly injured by tip over, collapse, or electrocution caused by electrical wire contact. These injuries [...]

Tweet It is no secret that being a construction worker is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. There are more than 7 million construction workers in this country alone. Cranes are the workhorses of the construction industry, and account for nearly 30 % of all fatal construction site injuries are crane related. [...]

Tweet It is no secret that being a construction worker is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. There are more than 7 million construction workers in this country alone. Every year there are more than 1,000 construction site fatalities, and hundreds of thousands of injuries – and the most common injury on [...]

Tweet According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, each year there are roughly 3 million occupational injuries that require hospitalization, and in 2004 there were 5,703 deaths. These are staggering figures, and often times these accidents are attributable to dangerous working conditions or the negligence of employers. It is advisable, and often beneficial, [...]

Tweet The Jones Act is a federal law that regulates shipping and those aboard “vessels”. A vessel could refer to offshore drilling rigs, semi-submersible rigs, drills ships, and jack-up drilling rigs. This law protects those workers by providing protections for their ability to seek compensation from injury. Media response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill [...]

Tweet If you are a railroad or subway employee who has been injured on the job then you are protected under The Federal Employers Liability Act. The Federal Employers Liability Act, or FELA, was passed in 1908 to protect and compensate railroad workers who were injured in the course of their job. In order to [...]

Tweet Have you or a loved one been injured while working on a cruise ship or shipping vessel? Do you believe that your injury was caused by the negligence of others? Shipping companies are responsible for boat and dock site safety; this includes inspections, regulations, and protocol. If you have been injured on the job [...]