Category: Workers’ Compensation

Prevent Blindness, a non-profit, voluntary organization committed to fighting blindness, saving sight, and improving policies for eye and vision health, has yet again declared March as Workplace Eye Wellness Month. People employed in all different types of industries, from administrative and office work to construction and specialized labor forces, face unique, job-specific risks for sustaining[…]

Ladders are a fixture in nearly every home and workplace across the United States, so it should come as no surprise that we observe National Ladder Safety Month every March to learn how to better reduce preventable ladder-related injuries and fatalities. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reports that falls from ladders are one[…]

Every year, thousands of workers are injured and killed in accidents where the primary or secondary factors are weather and atmospheric conditions. While cold stress may be one of the most obviously attributable winter weather hazards for general industry construction workers who often work longer hours outside or in cold, internal temperatures, it is by[…]

Over 200 workers are killed by falling objects or equipment in the workplace each year in the United States, accounting for five percent of all fatal occupational injuries, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In two recent incidents, a construction worker was killed after an improperly secured crane’s load fell on top of[…]

It’s not uncommon for individuals who work in construction to get called in for projects that occur outside of usual daytime hours, to be exposed to cold weather, and to have to drive multiple miles to reach worksites at various locations. During the winter, driving and working into the evening – when it is colder[…]