Regular readers of our Wisconsin Workers’ Compensation Law Blog know that in order to get a full understanding of issues involving on-the-job injuries, we sometimes dive into the ways employers and workers’ comp insurers view the world. A recent article in an...
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Healthcare workers and the risk of on-the-job injuries
Over the course of the pandemic, America has learned to appreciate essential workers that were perhaps previously taken for granted, such as those working in grocery stores, utilities, pharmacies, farms, community organizations, government offices and more. One...
What to watch for: Signs of a repetitive stress injury
Repetitive stress injuries do not discriminate. Anybody that performs the same physical task, over and over, day in and day out, is at risk of developing this type of injury. It might be a small movement, such as pulling products, typing on a keyboard, or twisting a...
Best Lawyers in America: Domer Law team
Attorneys Charlie Domer and Thomas Domer, again, were recognized in the 2021 edition of Best Lawyers in America. Both Charlie and Tom are listed as Best Lawyers for "Workers' Compensation Law - Claimants". In other exciting news for the firm, Attorney Samuel...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics: the history of tracking workplace injuries
The early 1970s were simpler times, though nostalgia for those days should be leavened with caution: those were much more dangerous times for workers. In 1972, there were 10.9 cases of nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers. That rate...
More of OSHA’s Top Ten Violations
Regular readers of our Wisconsin Workers’ Compensation blog will no doubt recall that we recently shared half of the federal government’s Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) Top Ten list of citations it issued in fiscal year 2019. The first five...
What is overexertion and which workers are most susceptible to it?
It turns out there is reason to be concerned about working too hard. Liberty Mutual Insurance has long published a workplace safety index that lists the top causes of disabling workplace injuries. Topping the list for many years has been overexertion. In its 2020...
OSHA’s Top Ten violations
Longtime late-night talk show host David Letterman turned Top Ten lists into a running gag that entertained millions of viewers for years. However, there is nothing funny in the Top Ten Ten list recently issued by the federal government’s Occupational Health and...
Did an absenteeism punishment policy kill a Wisconsin worker?
Most full-time workers in the Milwaukee area receive a certain amount of paid sick leave every year. In theory, employees are encouraged to stay home if they are sick, both for their own health and to avoid spreading illness to their co-workers. But some employers...
Workplace Safety Index reveals most common and costly injuries
Liberty Mutual’s annual workplace safety index looks at on-the-job injuries from the employer’s perspective by drilling down into the data to figure out how often injuries occur and which injuries are the costliest for employers. While some of our Wisconsin Workers’...
