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One of the most dreaded scenarios a family can face is the loss of a loved one in a workplace accident.The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that there were nearly 3 million work-related injuries and illnesses in private industry in 2012. Comparatively there were...
A few years ago, a report from the Government Accountability Office indicated that both workers and employers don’t just occasionally underreport work-related ailments. In fact, underreporting of work-related injuries and illnesses is routine, researchers found. This...
Exposure to loud noises at work unquestionably put employees at risk of developing hearing impairment.However, a recent study suggests that loud noises on the job – as well as the hearing loss it causes – results in an increased danger of workplace accidents in...
In response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture proposal to increase line speeds at factories specializing in poultry evisceration, advocates with the Southern Poverty Law Center testified before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that workers are...
A worker who suffers an on-the-job injury may feel the physical and emotional effects of that incident for many years to come. But even when a worker successfully secures the initial benefits, obtaining coverage for subsequent treatments can be tough, unless your...
Last summer, a 21-year-old worker was killed in a Macon crane accident, after the arm of the crane snapped and pinned him against a trailer.Then just recently, crews at an Atlanta sewage plant suffered a scare when a crane collapsed in the midst of their work day....
Employees filing a workers’ compensation claim in Atlanta won’t get far if there is little or no documentation of the alleged injury or illness.If you do not have the necessary medical records, doctor reports, witness testimony and other tangible evidence of your...
On his first day at his first job, the Fort Stewart native was proud to be dressed in his safety gear at a bottling plant in Jacksonville, Fla. He even sent a cell phone photograph that he snapped in uniform to his girlfriend, and promised to call her on his break....
PBS reporter Miles O’Brien has confirmed that he was forced to undergo a work-related amputation while on assignment overseas after a large suitcase fell on his arm and caused severe pressure buildup in his forearm. The risk of a work-related amputation in Atlanta is...
One of the most common types of work-related accidents occur on the road in the from of traffic crashes.But whether an employer is required to pay Atlanta workers’ compensation claims stemming from automobile accidents depends largely on the state’s “Coming and Going...
