Pursuing Justice For The Injured And Disabled Since 1992
At the end of last month, Georgia media outlets delivered the shocking and tragic news that a Virginia Beach city worker quit his job and then a few hours later opened fire on coworkers. He killed 11 city employees and wounded four others, as well as a police officer,...
In an ideal warehousing and distribution world, there would be no Georgia workers. And that would mean that there would be no workplace injuries and no need for employers to pay Georgia workers’ compensation benefits. That ideal warehousing and distribution world is...
As regular readers of our Jonesboro Workers' Compensation Law Blog know, construction is one of the most dangerous lines of work in the nation. Construction worker injuries can be caused by falls from heights, collapsed scaffolding, electrical shocks, trench...
They are devoted to helping those who suffer injuries or contract disease. So there is no small amount of irony in the fact that healthcare workers report one of the highest rates of workplace injuries in the private sector, according to a recent report. If you look...
Nurses work every day to help people get better, yet they are ironically among the most injury-prone workers in Georgia. The most common problem? The types of repetitive motion injuries associated with heavy lifting. These injuries account for 44% of all workers’...
It is the time of year when you are most likely to see road crews working to repair Jonesboro streets and the highways and interstates in our area. There are a number of safety concerns for those road construction workers, including the risks of being injured by the...
Regular readers of our Jonesboro workers’ compensation law blog will undoubtedly recall our recent post detailing the leading causes of serious workplace injuries in eight industries. The data about the serious injuries (those requiring employees to miss at least five...
The release of the annual Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index always makes clear the causes of the most serious on-the-job injuries, as well as their financial costs to employers. Serious workplace injuries are defined as those that cause employees to miss five or...
Every workday, first responders put themselves at risk of harm in order to help others. While physical harm is common among these workers, there is also a very real threat of psychological harm from experiencing traumatic events. Unfortunately, the severity of...
It is critical for construction companies to take proper measures to protect their workers from safety hazards. This includes electrical dangers. Electric shocks can seriously injure workers. There are various things at construction sites that have the potential to...