Are falls in an employer's parking lot work-related? Falls on icy, slippery, or rough surfaces are all too common in Wisconsin--especially during our winters. Some of those falls occur in employer designated parking lots. Fortunately for the injured worker,...
Samuel Liverseed
Samuel Liverseed
Transferring patients can put nurses and nursing assistants at risk
Patients can rely on their healthcare providers for assistance in a wide variety of different situations. However, when transferring those patients between beds, wheelchairs and other positions, nurses and nursing assistants may risk injuring themselves in the...
Some workers face lifelong challenges after severe burn injuries
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...
The dangerous effects of workplace slip-and-fall accidents
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...
Injuries that slam the brakes on trucker health
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...
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...
Two railroad workers injured in tragic Wisconsin crash
If you drive southwest of Milwaukee for about an hour, you will arrive in Clinton, Wisconsin. The small Rock County town was recently the site of a motor vehicle crash. Two men were killed when their Jeep slammed into a Union Pacific work truck parked along a road...