Houston area contractors injured in welding accident, one fatality
An explosion in Channelview, near Houston, injured two independent contractors at an oil storage facility. One of the individuals later died as a result of his injuries. The deadly accident happened on...
View ArticleFarmer killed in tractor accident
A 55 year-old man from Donegal Township, Pennsylvania died Monday afternoon after the tractor he was operating overturned and caught on fire while he was pinned beneath it. According to the coroner’s...
View Article2% of surface miners develop black lung, CDC finds
New research by the Center of Disease Control and Prevention has found that two percent of surface miners test positive for black lung disease, or coal workers’ pneumoconiosis. Researchers are alarmed...
View ArticlePlant fined more than $700K for employee’s death
The Tribe Mediterranean Foods’ processing plant in Taunton, Massachusetts has been fined $702,300 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration after an employee was killed by machinery. The man...
View ArticleWoman in hospital after her hair gets stuck in machine
A 25 year-old Ohio woman is recovering at the hospital after a painful accident at a car parts company ripped off her scalp. The employee was just finishing her first week at the plant when her long...
View ArticleTrucker killed at postal distribution center
A 46 year-old trucker was killed last week in Urbandale after his tractor-trailer slipped out of gear and began to roll away from the Des Moines Network Distribution Center. The driver attempted to...
View ArticleStudy finds paid sick leave prevents injuries
A new study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published in the American Journal of Public Health reveals that workers who receive paid sick leave are less likely to be...
View ArticleNew study aims to make tractors safer for children
A new study being conducted in Coralville aims to make tractors safer for children by using a tractor-driving simulator to track their movements. The leading cause of death and injury among children...
View ArticleStudy finds injured workers likely to abuse prescribed narcotics
The Workers Compensation Research Institute published a report this week that shows one in 12 injured workers prescribed narcotics are still taking them three to six months later. The study suggests...
View ArticleOSHA cites Iowa hog farm for workplace safety violations
The Iowa Division of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has recently cited an Iowa hog farm for four serious workplace safety violations. The company, Anogla Pork LLC, received the...
View ArticleMan Saved by Co-worker from Falling into 300 Degree Vat of Chemicals
Early last month, a man almost fell to his death into a tank filled with 300 degree chemicals, but was saved by a coworker who grabbed him just in time. Initial reports said that the man was pulled to...
View ArticleIowa State Budget Leaves Question Mark for Workers’ Compensation
When Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad released his state budget proposal last month, he was not entirely clear on one key issue. That issue was workers’ compensation for nearly 20,000 union represented state...
View ArticleHow Employers Battle Workers’ Comp Insurance Claims
Workers’ compensation insurance is what employees fall back on in the event that they get injured at the workplace or while doing work-related activities. One of the oldest forms of insurance in the...
View ArticleThe dangers of working in the construction industry
To work in the construction industry, one must be careful and professional.The following is a brief breakdown of the steps that should be taken to prevent injury on a construction site: First of all,...
View ArticleAvoiding Workplace Injuries
Unfortunately, many workers are injured at their jobs every year. As such, it is not only important for employers to take actions to prevent such accidents, but to provide workers with support in the...
View ArticleWorkers’ compensation claimant from Fayeteville busted for fraud
A female North Carolina postal carrier was charged with workers’ compensation fraud on Monday, June 3 after performing actions she claimed she couldn’t do on the national television game show The Price...
View ArticleCertain hospital procedures are more expensive under workers’ comp according...
Outpatient shoulder and knee surgeries often cost more when filed under workers’ compensation insurance than under employer-sponsored group health plans, a study sponsored by the Workers Compensation...
View ArticleStudy shows workers’ insurance shoulder and knee surgeries cost more
A study released by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based think tank Workers Compensation Research Institute showed that prices for common outpatient hospital knee and shoulder injuries usually cost more when...
View ArticleElectrical explosion at manufacturing plant wounds 5
Authorities are currently investigating an electrical explosion that happened on July 20 in a northwestern Iowa manufacturing plant that resulted in five people sustaining burns. They are trying to...
View ArticleConstruction worker critically injured in highway accident
A construction worker from Marshalltown was critically injured while working at interstate 80/35 at around 8:30 p.m. on Monday, August 5. The Iowa State Patrol reported that 50-year-old construction...
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