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Whether your job is inherently dangerous, such as construction, or you have a relatively low-risk occupation, you may find some comfort in knowing your employer carries workers' compensation insurance. This insurance offers a variety of benefits for those who suffer...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) lists the four most common fatal injuries for construction workers. The agency’s “Fatal Four” includes, falls, electrocution, and accidents involving workers being struck by or caught in between equipment,...
There are few things in life more frustrating than getting injured. Losing the ability to perform simple tasks for an extended period of time makes everything more challenging than it needs to be. This becomes an even greater burden when the injury happens while you...
It’s said that Minnesota has two seasons: winter and road construction. With miles of roadwork underway this summer, that aphorism is proving truer than ever. While highway construction can be annoying, for those who build, maintain and upgrade our infrastructure, the...
At-work injuries are common in dangerous jobs, but what about corporate America’s employees? Does a sea of cubicle workers face any risks at their desk? Is an injury that an office worker gets treated the same as an injury a construction worker gets? Here are...
Due to safety regulations, employers continually make moves to protect their employees. Not only are workers’ compensation claims costly, but when you care about those on your workforce, job-related injuries can also be devastating. Injuries suffered on the job can...
If you are a construction worker, you already know the dangers involved in your job duties. You balance on scaffolding, and are constantly working with equipment, not to mention tools and materials fall on a regular basis. The United States Department of Labor issues...
If you are suffering an injury that you received on the job, it’s important to be able to recover costs for medical expenses, lost wages and more. Workers’ compensation is an insurance required of all businesses that should be there to provide you with these funds...
For fire fighters, police officers, paramedics and other professionals dealing with crisis situations regularly, it’s common for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to develop after an extraordinary event. Recently, Gov. Dayton signed a PTSD workers’ compensation...
The average American male eats 6.9 ounces of meat per day and the average American female eats 4.4 ounces. To support the high demand of meat consumption an estimated 482,00 people work in meat and poultry processing and packing plants across the U.S. Closer to home,...