Earlier this month, 26-year-old Zack Follet–formerly a linebacker with the Lions–went to court for a settlement conference on a worker’s compensation claim against both the Lions and Liberty Mutual, the team’s insurance carrier. In his complaint, Follett claims to be...
It is always sad when a long-time employee dies while on the job. When a worker has been with a company for a significant amount of time, he or she tends to have built a community around the workplace, in California or elsewhere. In these instances, construction...
Industrial workers in California, who operate heavy machinery, may be aware of the potential dangers they are exposed to on a daily basis. However, it is often questioned whether company owners and supervisors recognize those dangers. While the Occupational Safety and...
There are certain professions that may involve inherent risks of injury. Many industrial workers face this situation on a daily basis. Even when workers take the necessary precautions, they can be injured or even killed in industrial accidents. Unfortunately, this is...
The discovery of electricity revolutionized society forever. However, in order to harness electricity to the capacity in which contemporary society needs, it requires power lines carrying large amounts of electrical current in California or in any other state....
Electricity is a wonderful scientific discovery. It has become the basis of practically everything people use in society nowadays, in California and elsewhere. However, electricity can also be dangerous if one is not careful. In fact, electricity has been a common...
Many of contemporary society’s conveniences and infrastructure run on electricity, which has become vital to both everyday life and industry. However, electricity can too often prove deadly in construction workers’ accidents in California and other states....
According to a new study looking at workers’ compensation systems in 16 different states, representing 60 percent of the nation’s workers, it is still too early to determine whether the program overhaul passed by Governor Jerry Brown last year will result in cost...
In our last post, we wrote about the mishap at a Tesoro refinery in Martinez, California, that left two workers serious injured. As we noted, the United Steelworkers union has demanded that Tesoro come up with an improved safety program. The accident reportedly...
Earlier this week, 11 people were injured at Gorilla’s Polishing Corp., a metal-polishing shop in Southern California, when an explosion and fire occurred. According to sources, the blast originated in the plant’s duct system and is thought to have possibly been...