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…
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…
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…
Maxwell v. Sprint PCS, an appeal from the Oklahoma Supreme Court, involved a claimant who suffered an on-the-job injury. While she was working, she hurt her knee and had to receive immediate medical attention. She did not return to work immediately, but she filled out a timely application for workers’…
A 70-year-old man who had been recently fired from a local business in Cambridge reportedly returned to inflict harm on his former boss, who’d had a role in his termination. According to The Boston Herald, the alleged shooter drove tot he company and waited in his vehicle for the 58-year-old…