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...
Workers’ Compensation
Workers’ Compensation
More than 60 Years of workplace safety innovation
From the late 1960s and early ‘70s there emerged a new term and a new perspective on earning a living: workplace safety. Let’s take a look at more than six decades of safety innovation designed to reduce the frequency and severity of on-the-job injuries. Our...
The negative effects of PTSD on injured workers – Part II
As regular readers of our Wisconsin Workers’ Compensation Law Blog will undoubtedly recall, we recently wrote about the effects PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) can have on injured workers. Experts say PTSD has several main negative effects on those who have been...
The negative effects of PTSD on injured workers – Part I
The Mayo Clinic says that “post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that's triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it.” Some of its common symptoms are heightened fear, depression, anxiety, intrusive thoughts,...
Why you should report all your injuries after a work accident
The last thing most people expect when going into work is getting injured. However, many professions require workers to be in dangerous situations, while others can result in injuries due to repetitive stress on the body. Regardless of the cause, when you sustain a...
Industry officials keep virus-related worker illnesses elusive
Milwaukee TV stations carry commercial after commercial thanking front-line workers for their heroism. While the sentiments might be genuine, the reality is that many workers in Wisconsin’s food industry face exposure to the coronavirus without assurances that they...
A familiar fight for worker safety
Wisconsin has a long, proud tradition of workers standing up for their rights, stretching all the way back to the mid-19th century when Milwaukee’s bricklayers and carpenters formed unions. Those early labor organizations fought for better pay, safer workplaces and...
Covid-19 and Wisconsin’s essential workers
The workers that help the sick, keep us fed, drive buses and delivery services, and care for elderly in nursing homes are hailed as heroes in the media. But when it comes to coverage for them when they become sick from Covid-19, workers’ compensation may let them...
Wisconsin workers and coronavirus
Governor Evers signed a Coronavirus Relief Bill on April 15 with new language for First Responders who contract Covid-19. Under the statute, the term First Responder means an employee or volunteer for an employer that provides firefighting, law enforcement, or medical...
Two options when filing an OSHA complaint
The United States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is tasked with helping to ensure workplaces are safe for employees. One way this agency helps to better ensure the safety of work sites is by allowing workers to file...