Workplace Injuries

• E-Learning Brings a New Twist to Safety Training Programs

  Nick Avgerinos | August 21, 2008 10:27 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) gives guidelines and requirements necessary for training employees, and imposes them particularly on companies whose employees engage in...

• Nerves of Steel: Steelworkers Brave Steep Safety Stats

  Nick Avgerinos | August 15, 2008 9:02 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  July was construction safety month, providing much-needed safety information for an industry with a consistently high accident rate, resulting in both injuries and deaths. But plenty of dangers...

• Fighting Obesity for a Healthier and Safer Work Environment

  Nick Avgerinos | August 11, 2008 11:31 AM | 3 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  Nearly two-thirds of Americans are obese or overweight, and while it is commonly understood how this unhealthy epidemic is dangerous for our nation’s health, there are lesser-known consequences...

• Beating the Heat for Outdoor Laborers

  Nick Avgerinos | August 06, 2008 10:15 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  The summer months require no stretch of the imagination to reach the conclusion that heat can be a danger to workers. While day care centers bring kids inside, athletes cut down on outdoor...

• Finding the Last Straw: Workers’ Comp Cumulative Injuries and Causation

  Nick Avgerinos | August 04, 2008 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  Finding the Last Straw: Workers’ Comp Cumulative Injuries and Causation When you’re seriously injured, you know it. Most of the workplace injuries you hear about in the news are pretty...

• Unlucky Break: Construction Workers Injured in Casino Ramp Collapse

  Nick Avgerinos | July 23, 2008 12:07 PM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  We all roll the dice when we step outside each day; safety hazards are everywhere. But some of us have better odds than others; it largely depends on the type of work that we perform. As fellow...

• Do Professional Athletes Have the Right to Workers’ Compensation?

  Nick Avgerinos | July 22, 2008 10:47 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  While most of us can only dream of earning a living playing our favorite sport for a nation of fans and viewers for millions of dollars a year, we can certainly take an interest in the field...

• IRS Ups the Ante on Mileage Rates: What’s the Deal for your Workers’ Compensation Case?

  Nick Avgerinos | July 17, 2008 3:37 PM | 1 CommentChicago-Land, IL

  The IRS wants to give you money; even they recognize that the current gas crunch is seriously pilfering of your paycheck. And I’m not even talking about stimulus checks. The IRS announced an...

• Teen Workers: How to Stay Safe this Summer!

  Nick Avgerinos | July 03, 2008 11:10 AM | 1 CommentChicago-Land, IL

  Teen Workers: How to Stay Safe this Summer! Remember what it was like to be a teenager? A false sense of invincibility, a dread of asking questions that might make you look dumb, and an...

• Today’s Forecast: Construction With A Chance Of Injury

  Nick Avgerinos | June 30, 2008 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  Some say there are two seasons in Chicago: winter and construction. With construction season upon us, the safety forecast is bleak. The nature and number of projects going on in the Chicagoland...