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• At Least 5 Construction Accident Deaths Reported in the Last 10 Days

  A 27-year-old construction worker died on Tuesday after an embankment at the site he was working at collapsed on him. According to police Gabe Koenigsfeld was unloading wall forms when he was buried in dirt…

• Repetitive Motion Injuries Continue to be A Very Real Concern for Office and Store Workers

  Millions of American workers may be at risk of repetitive motion injuries from doing their job. Typing on a computer keyboard, ringing up numbers on a cash register, and text messaging coworkers about work-related issues…

• Recent Railroad Injury Lawsuits Claim Damages for Injuries and Slip and Fall

  A railroad worker is suing BNSF Railway Company for spinal injuries he says he sustained on the job. Gary Bremer, who has worked as a conductor since 1979, says he has cumulative spinal and low…

• Illinois Manager Obstructed OSHA Investigation into Worker’s Fall Accident Death

  An Illinois roofing company manager has been ordered to serve 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to obstructing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s probe into a worker’s death. The charges that Moline resident…

• Construction Accidents Result in Serious Crush Injuries for Two Workers

  A work accident involving a forklift and a heavy crate has left one worker with a crushed leg. The construction accident happened on Thursday while ADI Marketing Inc. workers were unloading the wooden objects. While…

• Chicago Work Accident: Flagger Dies From Truck Accident Injuries Sustained in Highway Construction Zone

  A construction worker died on Saturday in a highway work zone. According to Chicago Ridge police, flagger Joseph Bartkowiaki was fatally injured when a gravel truck that was heading for Crowley-Sheppard Asphalt hit him. Joseph…

• Two Illinois Gas Plant Workers Injured in Fiery Blast

  In Illinois, two gas plant workers were injured at a St. Elmo gas plant last Wednesday when a fire broke out. The Natural Gas Pipeline Company believes the fire started while welding was taking place…

• OSHA’s 2009 Top 10 Safety Violations

  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued its list of the 10 most common workplace safety violations for the year: • 9,093 Scaffolding violations: Most common causes of scaffolding accidents involve the support or…

• Does Playing NFL Football Cause Long-Term Head Injuries?

  On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee listened to retired NFL football players talk about how years of getting hit on the head while playing the game has caused them to struggle with depression, homelessness, memory…

• Work Injury: Harvard Researchers Hospitalized Due to Poisoned Coffee

  Six Harvard University researchers were hospitalized in August after drinking coffee that was poisoned. The coffee, which came from a coffee machine in a campus building, had sodium azide in it. The poisoned researchers, consisting…