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Saturday, February 14th, 2009

Accidental injuries are the 5th leading cause of death in the U.S. There are about 11,200 accidental injuries that occur every hour. In fact, 1 in 10 construction workers is injured on the job every year. The most common accidents at constructions sites involve falls. More fatalities occur from falls than any other construction activity. [...]

What Did We Do Before Worker’s Compensation?

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Before Worker’s Compensation, the only resource for an injured worker was to hire a lawyer and prove negligence on the part of an employer. Most workers didn’t have the means to hire an attorney and those that did found themselves buried in the long judicial process. This led to a large number of unemployed, injured workers in the U.S.