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Regular readers of our Wisconsin Workers’ Compensation Law Blog know that American workplaces can be dangerous. A new report from the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) should make the dangers clear to everyone. According to the BLS, workplace deaths...
Workers are exposed to many job-related hazards that can lead to catastrophic injuries. Severe burns are among the harshest, potentially leading to lifelong pain, disfigurement and the inability to ever work again. It takes a lengthy amount of time to recover from...
Among other things, 2020 has been the year of ordering things online for quick in-home delivery. During the holiday season, online gift shopping has joined buying groceries, clothing and other necessities for home delivery. Thus, delivery drivers around Milwaukee have...
Hands can do incredible things, such as playing Ravel’s infamously difficult “Gaspard de la Nuit” on the piano or crocheting a woolen hat to ward off the bitter winds of a Milwaukee winter or simpler things such as buttoning a shirt closed in the morning. Our hands...
Most people think of slip-and-fall (or trip-and-fall) injuries as minor accidents – ones that might be more embarrassing than painful. But make no mistake: a simple slip-and-fall on the job can have far more serious consequences than you may realize. Below, we...
When you scan the length and breadth of Wisconsin, you see people in nearly every job imaginable: manufacturing motorcycles, writing software, farming, firefighting, accounting, nursing and many, many more. While we have an incredible variety of occupations here,...
If you stand on a Wisconsin freeway overpass, you can watch the 18-wheelers rolling in and out of the city carrying goods to us and carrying Wisconsin’s products out to the world. The men and women behind the wheels of those big rigs are vital to the health of the...
These days, many office workers in the Milwaukee area (and all over the state) are rarely, if ever, going to the office. Working from home full-time required some adjustments, technology upgrades, and boundary-setting, but work from home is settling in as the...
The coronavirus pandemic has made the risks healthcare workers face on a daily basis abundantly clear. The rapid spread of Covid-19 forced healthcare workers to simultaneously contend with several stressors, including shortages of PPE (personal protective equipment)...
If you drive 170 miles due north of Milwaukee, you will arrive in Marinette. The town is home to about 10,000 residents and a Dollar Tree discount store that got some unwanted attention earlier this year. Biggest penalties in Wisconsin The Occupational Safety and...