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Motor Vehicle Accidents 
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, transportation accidents related to work activities are the leading cause of worker deaths while on the job in Illinois. In 2014, the BLS reports that 163 people died in Illinois while they were on the job. Out of that number, 58 were killed in transportation accidents, representing […]
Some of the most vulnerable members of society are being sexually abused in nursing homes throughout the country, and Illinois is not immune to these immoral crimes. Between 2007 and 2010 alone, an alarming 86 incidents involving some type of sexual abuse in nursing homes were reported in Chicago.
Nursing home falls are preventable accidents, and nursing homes should take a number of steps in order to reduce the likelihood of falls. In Sept. 1997, the Illinois Council on Long Term Care sent its members a fall protocol, giving them notice of the steps that they could take to prevent falls.
Workers in the U.S. are at risk of contracting Zika virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). On November 16, 2016, the CDC reported that there were 4,255 known cases of Zika virus in the United States. About 4,115 of those cases were travel-associated, 139 were mosquito-borne, and one was acquired in a laboratory.
Business groups in Illinois are, again, calling for additional reforms to reduce workers’ compensation insurance costs. Unfortunately, these critiques are the same issues that business groups take every time they demand reforms.
Crane collapses cause considerable damage to persons and property. Because cranes can tower hundreds of feet into the air, they can cause damage and injuries over a widespread area. This makes it possible for them to cause injuries to workers and anyone passing by when the crane comes tumbling down.
Most accidents involving large trucks don’t occur on interstate roads. America has over 2.7 million miles of paved, and nearly 1.4 million miles of unpaved roads. Of these, only 300,000 are part of the interstate system. Thus, there are plenty of non-interstate roads where trucks can have an accident.
Despite improved safety precautions, workplace injuries are on the rise, costing companies billions of dollars in workers’ compensation each year and putting thousands of employees out of work, many for extended periods of time.
A recent study found that the majority of nursing home residents suffer abuse, not from attending nurses, but from fellow residents. It is, unfortunately, very common for nursing home residents to suffer abuse however the media tends to focus on the wrong perpetrators.
Workers compensation insurance companies will often look for any possible reason to deny or reduce the compensation an injured worker receives. While injured workers in Illinois are entitled to receive benefits for the damages they have suffered in a work-related injury, a wrong move by the victim can have a significant outcome on a workers compensation claim.