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Warehouse Workers Lead Massachusetts in Number of Job Injuries

Warehouse Workers Lead Massachusetts in Number of Job Injuries In Massachusetts, workers in transportation and warehousing led the State in the number of job injuries (29.3%), with construction workers coming in at number two (18.3%). This may be a little surprising to some, but If you work for a warehouse distributor, such as Wal-Mart, Dollar Read More

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New list of jobs with the most reported job injuries released

New list of jobs with the most reported job injuries released A new list of the occupations that have the highest number of reported on-the-job injuries has been published (click below), and unsurprisingly the Top 3 jobs with the highest number of reported job injuries are: Construction Workers, Healthcare Workers and workers in the Lumber/Logging industry. If you Read More

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Job related deaths on the rise

Job related deaths on the rise 5,250 workers died on the job in the U.S. in 2018, the latest year for which statistics are available, according to the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is a 2% increase over 2017. In Alabama, 89 workers lost their lives in a job-related accident, and increase of Read More

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Powell and Denny: Working for Injured Workers

Powell and Denny: Working for Injured Workers Not terribly long ago I read an article dealing with a workers’ compensation lawsuit brought in another State. In this case, the injured worker asks questions of the defendant during discovery regarding whether the workers compensation insurance carrier had given any monetary donations or gifts to the board Read More

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Little Fraud by Workers Found in Workers’ Compensation Claims

Little Fraud by Workers Found in Workers’ Compensation Claims The attached article from an insurance journal discusses fraud in workers’ compensation. The author tells how “certain schemes and scenarios are addressed, another pops up elsewhere, costing insurers and employers more than $7 Billion per year, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau.”* The fraud discussed is Read More

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I just want to get better and go back to work

I just want to get better and go back to work In this article, Mr. Hunts explains how during his months of medical treatment, he really wanted to return to his job. This sounds just like our workers’ compensation clients-they just want to get better and go back to work. Somehow, a narrative has developed Read More

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Alabama Workers Compensation Questions: (45) What if I was fired after suffering a Job Injury?

What can I do if I was fired after suffering a Job Injury? Unfortunately, it is not unusual for our attorneys to receive a phone call from a worker who, after suffering a job injury, was fired. A lot of the times, the termination (or layoff) was for legitimate reasons–things are tough all over in Read More

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