According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, one of the leading causes of occupational injuries and deaths nationwide, including in Missouri, is fall accidents. A construction worker was one of the latest victims who died after a ladder fall on a...
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SUV lands on worker in fatal construction accident
Construction zones pose deadly hazards in Missouri and elsewhere. An apparently negligent driver recently caused the death of a worker in a construction zone in another state. This tragic construction accident took place on a recent Thursday afternoon. Paramedics...
Workers’ compensation benefits denied? Help is available
Are you suffering the consequences of a workplace injury in Missouri? If you are not able to return to work for some time, you will naturally be concerned about the mounting medical bills and the lack of income. Your mortgage payment may become due along with other...
Workplace injuries often caused by common oversights
While Missouri business owners are responsible for the safety and health of their employees in the workplace, workers often have to look out for themselves. Many workplace injuries can be prevented by avoiding the most common oversights. By analyzing every on-the-job...
Workplace safety can reduce employee stress and injuries
Workers in industrial facilities in Missouri will always face multiple safety hazards. However, several factors are known to be dangerous, and addressing those issues may improve workplace safety. Workers who avoid asking for help when lifting heavy objects may suffer...
Fatal construction worker accident similar to one last October
A 38-year-old man from Missouri lost his life while he was unloading massive steel pipes at a construction site in another state. This is a stark reminder of a fatal construction worker accident that occurred under similar circumstances in the same state last October....
Threats of workplace injury identified by OSHA inspectors
Business owners in Missouri are legally responsible for the protection of the health and safety of employees. If the Occupational Safety and Health Administration receives complaints about unsafe work environments, the company must allow federal safety inspectors...
Pigeon droppings found to have caused work-related illness
An administrative law judge recently ruled that the widow of a deceased investigator that worked for a county prosecutor in Missouri is entitled to compensation after her husband's death. The man claimed workers' compensation for a work-related illness after...
Work accident kills worker when forklift falls on top of him
Workers in Missouri and other states in facilities in which forklifts are operated must be provided with the necessary safety training. After a recent fatal work accident involving a forklift, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said forklifts are the...
Unsafe working environment in confined space can be deadly
Confined spaces pose severe and life-threatening hazards to workers nationwide, including in Missouri. A report about a recent workplace accident in another state underscored the dangers of allowing unprotected workers to enter an unsafe working environment of a...
