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As some California employers may know, it is important to keep the workplace safe and provide care for injured employees. It is also mandatory for employers who have a certain number of workers to provide workers' compensation insurance. The Occupational Safety and...
The difficulties faced by injured workers in California and throughout the country are highlighted in a new report from the Department of Labor. The report calls the workers' compensation system inadequate and estimates that only 21 percent of medical costs and lost...
San Francisco's recent frightening window washer accident raises many issues concerning work pace safety - and underscores the need to understand your rights if you suffer an injury at work.According to reports, the window washer slipped from the roof of a building,...
Recent news reports that California's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Cal/OSHA) has cited a fuel distribution company following a fatal workplace accident in Corona. According to the report, one worker was killed and another suffered severe burns...
A 51-year-old California man was killed while working on a construction project along eastbound Highway 68 in Salinas. The fatal accident occurred when a 50-year-old driver hit the utility worker near Corral de Tierra Road a little after midnight on Oct. 30. The...
A company in California is facing fines after spraying a pesticide too closely to a levee where construction employees were working. The incident happened in July, but it was back in the news after a plane was recorded dropping a whitewash over a nearby orchard near...
Workers' compensation laws were designed to provide certain benefits to employees injured on the job. Benefits typically include such things as medical care, temporary and permanent disability payments, and supplemental job displacement benefits. Your...
Although the stated mission of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Hazard Administration is to assure safe and healthful workplace conditions for all workers throughout the country, the fact remains that some jobs may present more frequent risks of hazardous conditions...
