Recent Posts in the Workers Compensation Category

• Slip and Fall Injuries in the Workplace Are Usually Preventable

  May 3, 2018
  Synopsis It has been estimated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that same-level slips, trips, and falls send about one million people ...
  Posted By Steve Wagner
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• Construction Workers Still Experience More Fatal Injuries Than Workers In Any Other Industry

  May 2, 2018
  Synopsis Monroe County occupational safety officials are investigating the death of a construction worker who was killed when a large piece of ...
  Posted By Jason Reese
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• 4 Ways Workers Can Prevent Backover Accidents

  Apr 19, 2018
  Synopsis According to most recent statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 70 workers are involved in backover incidents each year and ...
  Posted By Steve Wagner
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• OSHA Enforcing New Beryllium Standards to Protect Workers

  Apr 6, 2018
  Synopsis On May 12, 2018, OSHA will begin to enforce a new rule on beryllium exposure in all forms, compounds, and mixtures in general, construction, ...
  Posted By Jason Reese
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• 7 Ways to Minimize Risk of Electrical Injuries to Indiana Construction Workers

  Mar 25, 2018
  Synopsis A review from Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) investigations of electrical injury incidents indicate that work ...
  Posted By Steve Wagner
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• April is National Safe Digging Awareness Month: Call 811 to "Know What's Below"

  Mar 24, 2018
  Synopsis Shockingly, an underground utility line is damaged once every six minutes nationwide because someone decided to dig without checking to see ...
  Posted By Jason Reese
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• Worker Deaths from Falling Objects on the Rise in the U.S.

  Mar 14, 2018
  Synopsis Many American workers, regardless of industry or occupation, are exposed to daily hazards during performance of their job tasks. Authorities ...
  Posted By Jason Reese
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• Indiana Reform Bill Would Speed Up Worker's Comp Payments

  Feb 27, 2018
  Synopsis An Indiana workers’ compensation reform bill, S.B. 290, passed the state Senate 47-2 in February 2018 and now sits in the House waiting for a ...
  Posted By Steve Wagner
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