Suffering an injury at work can be a painful and expensive ordeal. Aside from costly medical bills, you may also be unable to work, which can put your family’s financial security in jeopardy. Fortunately, when such an injury occurs, workers’ compensation benefits can...
Workplace Accidents
How can employers protect their employees who drive on the job?
There are many kinds of jobs that require workers to spend at least part of their day driving. For instance, those who service office machines typically have to go to sites where the machines are located. Likewise, mailroom employees may have to go to the post office...
Gas line explosion severely burns member of construction crew
Illinois construction workers face many potential hazards on a daily basis. Fires and explosions are among the most deadly and traumatic events imaginable. Typically, there is very little warning that an explosion is about to occur, and a worker who is caught near an...
How safe are nail guns?
Perhaps no invention has spared carpenters as much time and exertion as the nail gun. Driving a nail with a hammer is hard, repetitive work and it can take a number of hard blows before the nail is in place. But with a nail gun, a carpenter needs only to pull a...
