by Occupational Injury Law Center | Jun 30, 2017 | injured workers' rights
The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) recently obtained Energy Department documents regarding our country’s eight plants and labs for nuclear weapons and two support sites. The CPI found that even though there had been numerous worker injuries, the corporations...
by Occupational Injury Law Center | Jun 27, 2017 | Blog
If you are among the many who work in meat or poultry processing or production in America, you face unique hazards that place you at risk of injury, illness and, possibly, death. The severity of your risk of medical hardship is difficult to determine because many such...
by Occupational Injury Law Center | Jun 23, 2017 | workers' compensation
Workplace injuries and illnesses are serious business for the men and women who can’t work because of them. When the injury or illness is due to factors in the workplace, such as exposure to toxic chemicals or accidents, these men and women might need to apply...
by Occupational Injury Law Center | Jun 16, 2017 | Workplace Injuries
There are certain industries and specific jobs that are considered particularly dangerous for workers. Construction workers, for example, are at a high risk for serious and even fatal injuries. However, there are a number of occupations, many of which are...
by Occupational Injury Law Center | Jun 8, 2017 | Workplace Injuries
Elon Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, responded this month at the annual shareholders meeting to reports that injuries at the automaker’s plant in Fremont are well above that of other companies in the industry.The head of the luxury electric car maker spoke...
by Occupational Injury Law Center | Jun 2, 2017 | injured workers' rights
The workers’ compensation program in California is meant to help protect workers and employers when an injury or illness occurs at work. This program is often associated with injuries that are the result of an accident, but there is much more to the...
