Readers who follow workers’ compensation issues in Missouri may already know that most awards for cases of work illness and injury are capped at certain amounts. However, state law makes an exception for chronic conditions that develop over time. People claiming this...
On Your Side After An Injury
Month: November 2013
Missouri worker dies in trench collapse
A Missouri worker died late last month after a trench collapse. Emergency personnel were called in after the worker was buried in the collapse. The worker was one of two men attempting to connect a sanitary sewer to a home. This individual was in a 75-foot long...
Cemetery worker crushed by 1-ton tombstone
In certain lines of work, serious, even fatal injury can happen in an instant. Dangerous jobs, and even jobs that do not seem so dangerous at first glance, put workers in harm’s way nearly every day. When the worst happens and a worker in Kansas City is severe hurt or...
Construction worker dies after falling from a building
A worker fell to his death while replacing a rooftop rubber membrane on a facility. Police said the worker fell approximately 30 feet to the top of an adjacent structure. It was also reported that the worker was not wearing a safety harness at the time of his fall....