Injured while going to get mail: Does he get workers’ comp?
A paid firefighter was traveling between a physical therapy appointment and a fire station to pick up his work mail when he was injured. Is he eligible for workers’ comp benefits?
A paid firefighter was traveling between a physical therapy appointment and a fire station to pick up his work mail when he was injured. Is he eligible for workers’ comp benefits?
Do you have any “text zombies” at your workplace? A new study shows that, just like their fictional TV and movie counterparts, text zombies walk differently, making them more likely to fall.
This employee was forced to breathe air with high pollution content while climbing up and down stairs at work. Was this enough to worsen his pre-existing asthma and qualify for workers’ comp?
The U.S. Supreme Court has handed down a unanimous decision in a request by union workers to be paid for the time it takes to put on and take off safety gear.
While pulling out of her employer’s parking lot, an employee’s vehicle was hit by another car. The employee’s vehicle was partially in the street and still in the parking lot. Can the injured employee get workers’ comp?
A woman’s doctor placed her on a lifting restriction during her pregnancy. Her employer had a light-duty policy for workers injured on the job and told her the restriction meant she effectively resigned from her job. Now a federal court has weighed in.
It can be tricky to determine if a breathing problem is caused by work, particularly when workers’ comp benefits hang in the balance. In this case, cleaning chemicals were in question.
An employee had previously injured his knee off the job. One day at work while walking down stairs, his knee gave out and he injured his back. Should workers’ comp cover his injuries?
Incidents involving a shoplifter, a go-cart and a cow topped Safety News Alert’s list of bizarre accident stories for 2013.