According to statistics compiled by the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI), electrical incidents rank sixth among all causes of workplace fatalities. Therefore, safety regulations recommend that only professionally trained workers deal with electrical equipment and systems. Nevertheless, even trained professionals can inadvertently encounter a power line — a major cause of on the job fatalities …
Wal-Mart Agrees to Fix Hazards Discovered By OSHA
Wal-Mart made an agreement with the Labor Department to improve the safety conditions for their employees who work with trash compactors and certain cleaning chemicals. The settlement affects more than 2,800 stores in 28 states, including a store in Rochester, NY where an inspection conducted by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) revealed serious hazards …
Making a Claim for Workers’ Compensation? Hire an Attorney
Workers who suffer injuries or illnesses while on the job may be entitled to receive compensation from their employer. The injury or disease must arise out of or in the course of employment. Some jobs are inherently more dangerous than others, yet any job site can have a hazardous condition that causes workers to suffer …
Electrical Injuries Not Common, But Can Be Deadly
Thanks to public awareness campaigns and strict federal regulations, injuries due to electrical burns have declined over the past 30 years, but such injuries still pose a significant threat to both children and adults. In fact, emergency room personnel report that electrical burn injuries account for up to five percent of all admissions. Moreover, some …
What Constitutes an Occupational Disease Under Arkansas Workers Compensation Law?
Under Arkansas law, if a person suffers from an occupational disease and is disabled or dies as a result of their condition, the employee or his survivors are entitled to workers’ compensation payments just like they would be if the worker was injured on the job. In order to qualify, the disease needs to be …
What is the “Kids’ Chance of Arkansas Program”?
A budding mathematics teacher whose father was paralyzed following a bad car crash. A straight-A student whose mother was paralyzed in a factory accident. A future mechanic whose father contracted a pulmonary illness from exposure to toxic chemicals at work. Will these promising students be forced to give up their dreams of attending college and …
