Working on any construction site is dangerous. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 5,190 workers died on job sites in 2016. That comes out to more than 14 work-related fatalities every day. More than 21 percent of those fatalities were in the construction industry. About 200,000 other construction workers were injured in that […]

When a person has suffered an on the job injury and total disability, that period of disability might be either temporary or permanent. Pursuant to California workers’ compensation laws, temporary total disability (TTD) benefits are paid to workers who are injured on the job and unable to work until their injuries have healed. A person

There are times when an employee is injured on the job, and the injuries are so severe that they change the person’s entire life. Take for example, a 37-year-old union ironworker who was working on a bridge and got hit by a crane. As a result, he fell into traffic below him, and then he

The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration has implemented new rules that are intended to help prevent musculoskeletal injuries that are specific to the hazards of housekeeping employees in hotels, resorts and even bed and breakfasts. They become effective on July 1, 2018. The purpose of the new rules is to prevent the musculoskeletal injuries