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Motor Vehicle Accidents 
Workers who experience crushing injuries are often permanently disabled. Heavy machinery and lax safety standards are a dangerous combination that can end a career in mere moments. Chicago workers’ compensation lawyers are well aware of the permanent damage crushing injuries can have.
Pokemon Go is creating a serious distracted driving hazard in the U.S. Law enforcement agencies around the country are warning drivers not to use Pokemon Go while driving. In big cities like Chicago with heavy traffic, a Chicago personal injury attorney sees many distracted driving accidents that injure motorists, as well as pedestrians.
According to the American Cancer Society, diesel exhaust is linked to many lung cancer deaths in the U.S. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal states that approximately 12 million workers are exposed to diesel exhaust every year. Workers employed in auto, construction, mining, farming and shipping industries have the heaviest exposure to diesel exhaust fumes.
A worker gets injured and files a workers compensation claim. They then go to the doctor for treatment and are prescribed painkillers to help with the healing process. However, rather than simply prescribing the necessary amount of medication, they sell them more than they need.
Nursing home residents face a high risk of malnutrition, but this often goes unnoticed by caretakers, medical professionals and family members. Malnutrition is a serious concern for nursing home residents, and it often goes unnoticed until it causes significant harm.
The Occupational Health & Safety Administration has issued new rules that will limit workers permissible exposure to silica dust to 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air inhaled during a typical 8-hour shift. Crystalline silica dust presents a serious health risk to miners, industrial workers, and construction professionals who handle the material on a regular basis.
Other legal options may exist for workers injured on the job. Workers’ compensation is not the only option when an accident occurs at work.
It is common for injured workers to mistakenly believe that workers’ compensation is the only option when an accident occurs on the job.
On January 1, 2016, a new Illinois law that hopes to reduce nursing home abuse went into effect. According to this law, nursing home residents will be allowed to install electronic monitoring devices in their rooms.
Most of the more than 30,000 traffic accident fatalities that occur in the U.S. each year are due to human error. Every driver is guilty of distracted driving at some time. When traveling at low speed, the driver has a bit more opportunity to pull back into their lane when the car tires leave the road and go on the soft shoulder.
Neighborhoods lull drivers into a sense of safety. Tree lined streets and beautifully trimmed lawns present an image of tranquility and peace that mask a number of inherent dangers. Each year, this sense of safety causes drivers to relax and lose focus as they near home.