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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a serious, long-term lung condition that can make breathing difficult and limit a person’s ability to work. While smoking is often linked to COPD, many workers develop this disease due to long-term exposure to harmful...
Delivery drivers face unique risks on the job, spending long hours on the road and navigating traffic under pressure. When a crash occurs, these workers can suffer serious injuries that may impact their ability to earn a living. In Illinois, injured delivery drivers...
Employees are one untied shoelace or frayed electrical wire away from a major injury. People who get hurt on the job largely understand that they can file a claim for workers' compensation benefits. They can use workers' compensation to pay for the medical care they...
Workers' compensation benefits exist to protect people from economic hardship caused by job-related medical conditions. Employees who develop illnesses or sustain injuries caused by their employment can request benefits to replace lost wages and pay for their medical...
Injured employees in need of workers' compensation benefits often worry about how their employer may react to a claim. They think of their employer as the party with most of the authority regarding the benefits they receive after getting hurt at work. However,...
Many professionals pursue careers in occupations that come with an elevated degree of risk. A delivery driver may earn competitive wages, but they are always one lapse in judgment away from a crash that could put them in the hospital. Those working in construction or...
When a person settles a workers’ compensation case for a lump sum, that impacts their Social Security benefits because the two can offset one another. To minimize the impact, he or she should contact a workers’ compensation attorney to make sure that the prorating is as favorable as possible. A person can receive Social Security disability benefits and other disability…
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 3,000 individuals will be diagnosed with mesothelioma this year alone. Alarmingly, a significant number of those victims are residents from Illinois who were exposed to asbestos during the course of their employment. In fact, the CDC has ranked the state of Illinois sixth in the nation for incidence…
A typical hospital emergency room might not see food preparation injuries on a daily basis. When they do occur, these injuries can be severe and disabling. Meat grinding and food slicer mishaps are common enough that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration mounted an ongoing campaign to draw awareness to the problem. The OSHA Fact Sheet: “Preventing Cuts and Amputations from…
According to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), an alarming 4,679 American workers lost their lives due to work related injuries in 2014. While that number is a significant improvement from the 14,000 work related fatalities seen 43 years ago, before OSHA was created, there is still a lot of improvement to be made. Additionally, approximately three million non-fatal…