What if you were hurt in a car accident while working? Would you be able to work again or would your injuries make it impossible? What would you do for an income? Workers’ compensation? Those were some of the questions a truck driver who was hit by a car while on the job was facing in the wake of his devastating accident. The incident happened as the man, now 55 years old, was walking to grab his lunch during a workday. The man suffered multiple severe injuries in the crash,

Every job has a set of safety and health laws regulating the workplace ensuring that all of the employees are not reasonably at risk for workplace accidents and occupational health issues. That being said, some jobs have more necessary safety precautions and the potential for more accidents if the precautions are ignored. You may be surprised at the list of the riskiest jobs in America listed below, and how they are often concentrated in lower to middle class income ranges. T

Did you know that distracted is one of the main causes of workplace deaths in the U.S.? Statistics collected by the National Safety Council (NSC) claim 1,600 workplace deaths occur from distracted driving every year. According to NSC’s statistics, mobile phone use while driving causes 1,000 more deaths than falls or accidents involving objects or equipment. If these numbers are correct, it means employers have strong incentives to prevent distracted driving among their employ

A veteran fire apparatus operator (FOA) was killed in a horrific work accident after he fell down an open elevator shaft while searching a burning building for survivors. How Did This Work Accident Happen? The 54-year-old victim was looking for people on the fifth floor of an apartment building when he became separated from the other members of his group. Visibility in the apartment building was limited to only a few feet due to the smoke density. The elevators on each floor