Workers Compensation - Health & Safety in the Workplace
April 10, 2007 15:47

http://www.dol.gov/compliance/topics/safety-health.htmThree U.S. Department of Labor agencies have responsibility for the administration and enforcement of the laws enacted to protect the safety and health of workers in America.

The Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act is administered by DOL's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Safety and health conditions in most private industries are regulated by OSHA or a state by state OSHA. Nearly every employee in the country falls under OSHA's jurisdiction except for miners, some transportation workers, many public employees, and self-employed people. Employers subject to the OSHA have a general duty to provide work and a workplace free from recognized, serious safety hazards.

About to be Homeless / Workers Compensation Horror Story
April 11, 2007 15:48

http://www.workerscompensationinsurance.com/survey_results/abouttobehomeless.htm

This is a sad story about a hard working man who believed in the system but the system let him down as did his lawyer and the company that he worked for. They denied him medical treatment of which he was rightfully due. The initial depositions were in his favor but the stories changed and his lawyer failed to call him back or represent him in the proper and fair fashion. Don't let this happen to you! Contact the Bulldog Lawyers about your workers compensation problems. Your employer is not on your side and neither is their insurance company.

Oil and Gas Workers Die Unnoticed (Workers Comp Benefits)
April 12, 2007 15:46

http://www.boiseweekly.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=218614

For workers in the gas and oil industry in the interior west part of the United States, the industry provides a much needed source of employment especially for those without college degrees - but at a price.

The price is that many oil and gas companies care very little about safety and more about turnover and earnings. Workers, dead or alive, are replaceable. Most work 12-hour days for 14 days in a row without breaks. Fatigue and faulty or downright broken equipment are the causes.

Lack of funding, technology, and manpower keep the safety organizations practically useless and the death of employees garner very little fines, workers compensation benefits for employees or death benefits for families.

Workers Compensation Resources
April 12, 2007 15:50

Dept of Labor - Workers Compensation Resources

What is an employee?
April 30, 2007 11:17

What does it mean to be an employee? In a legal setting, such as trying to get workers compensation, it may not be as simple as you think. An employee is not just someone who does work for another. The term "employee" in this situation is a term of art -... (Read Article)