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Working for a railroad company can be a good job, but it also carries certain risks of serious injury. Rail cars and locomotives are huge, and difficult to stop suddenly. Workers can suffer permanent disability if they are struck or run over, which is what happened to...
People in Kansas City may have heard about the devastating explosion at an industrial plant in Omaha that took place on Jan. 20. Two workers were killed in the ensuing collapse of the building, and 17 more were injured. As the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health...
For people who work in a set location, like a factory or an office, an injury that can qualify the sufferer for workers’ compensation generally must take place at that workplace. This is the rule in Missouri and in most of the country. Injuries sustained during the...
Carrying and loading heavy objects for a living can cause repetitive stress injuries to Kansas City residents over time. This kind of work can also cause sudden injury in an accident, such as what happened recently to a man in another state. The man works for...
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...
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....
A workplace accident involving a piece of heavy equipment cost the life of a Missouri man earlier in October. The victim died of injuries suffered when the Bobcat he was operating somehow overturned and fell on top of him. Just how this terrible work accident occurred...
A community in southwest Missouri is in mourning after a rare accident on the job killed a zookeeper who was tending to the zoo's elephants. According to reports, the man was trying to move a 42-year-old female elephant named Patience from her stall to the nearby yard...
For people in and around Kansas City it can be fun to watch new construction projects begin to develop. From the digging up of foundations to the erecting of walls, new buildings create vitality in areas of the city that can sometimes be seen as out of date. While new...
Readers in the Kansas City area, particularly those who work in hospitals or other medical facilities, may be interested to learn that among the various types of professionals, those who work in the health care field are among the most likely to suffer from a...