A recently filed lawsuit claims that four of the largest workers’ compensation insurers in California hacked into plaintiff electronic files maintained by their workers’ compensation attorneys. They claim these four companies hacked into the various systems of a number of years and were specifically looking for attorney client privileged documents.…
According to a recent news report from News 4 Jax, a 69-year-old construction worker was killed while working at a construction site. In this case, he was working on a massive pavement project when a street sweeper came by and hit him. He was run completely over by the street…
There are a lot of dangerous workplaces and types of occupations in Massachusetts. Some of the jobs for which one might expect high injury rates are construction work in downtown Boston or commercial fishing in Gloucester. While it is certainly more likely to get hurt in one of these traditionally…
According to a recent news report from News 4 Jax, a 69-year-old construction worker was killed while working at a construction site. In this case, he was working on a massive pavement project when a street sweeper came by and hit him. He was run completely over by the street…
Working on a construction site is among the most dangerous jobs in the United States. Each year, construction workers are killed when they are hit by cars on roadside construction projects. We also see workers hit by falling objects, fall off high buildings under construction, and get run over by…
A recent release from the Harvard School of Public Health News Service looks at a residency program designed to help injured workers, and those collecting workers’ compensation benefits in the greater Boston area get back on their feet and get back to work. According to the recent graduate who worked…
Many people will remember the story of the woman who was attacked by her employer’s pet chimpanzee. She was viciously attacked by the animal while working in the home, and her entire was face was essentially destroyed. While this normally would have required a lifetime of wearing protective dressings and…
According to recent news from the Taunton Gazette, a group of workers and family members gathered at the steps of the Massachusetts statehouse in downtown Boston to fight for workplace safety measures for construction sites. They were also there to mourn the more than 60 construction workers who died in…
It is common to see someone wearing a brace on his or her hand or wrist and immediately assume that person suffers from carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). While everyone has heard of carpal tunnel syndrome, many people do not understand what exactly the condition is and that it is often…
There is no question that construction work is dangerous, as there are many cases of serious or even fatal on-the-job injuries each year. Most of these construction site injuries involve someone getting hurt from falling from a high structure, being hit by a hard object, or being injured by a…