Archive for December 2014
Work Safety: Why Aren’t Plants Doing A Better Job Minimizing Risk & Work Related Injuries?
Ralph Horner, 54, was killed on the job on June 10th at a JBS Greeley, Colorado meat-packing plant. He was working by a conveyer belt which caught his hair and arm, pulling the man into the machine and killing him. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined JBS $45,500 for one repeated and one serious violation…
Read MoreIt Took An Accident To Show How Important Company Policies Are To Workplace Safety
OSHA fined Colorado Pipe Services, a company based in Golden, CO, $14,000 for a willful safety violation because of a July 15th work accident in Aurora, CO that left a construction worker buried to his neck by a trench cave-in. The man’s supervisor saw the excavation had collapsed overnight and still ordered the man to clear…
Read MoreColorado Workers’ Compensation Case Study: Notice Of Hearing
When James Allen and his Colorado Workers’ Compensation Attorney showed up to Court to prove that he had suffered a work injury, neither the employer nor its insurance carrier showed up. However the Notice of Hearing had not only the claimant’s address on it but the insurance company’s address as well. The Administrative Law Judge…
Read MoreDenver Workers’ Comp Lawyer Mike Kaplan Explain Safety Rule Violations
There are 3 things that an insurance company has to prove when they accuse an injured worker of violating a safety rule after a work injury. Learn more about safety rules and workers’ compensation from Denver Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Michael Kaplan. If you’ve been injured on the job in the Northern Colorado area, you need…
Read MoreColorado Workers’ Rights to a Safe Working Environment
Naturally, some jobs may pose a threat to the safety of its workers. Common threats include physical dangers such as the risk of falling, or the hazards that may result from working with heavy machinery. More often than not, these risks are obvious. In the same sense, employees are usually aware of these hazards at…
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