Workplace Accidents

Some lines of work are more dangerous than others. Even when a construction worker is highly trained and experienced, a fatal work injury can still occur under certain circumstances. Recently in California, a construction worker suffered a fatal work injury while...

Any kind of heavy machinery can be difficult to operate, even for the highly trained workers who use them everyday. Even with the proper training and safety precautions in place, a worker can be injured on the job. Recently, a worker was injured in California while...

The car company Tesla Motors has been plagued by several high-profile incidents that have landed it in the news lately. However, the most recent incident in a California plant resulted in more than one injured worker needing help. In all, three workers were injured...

Any kind of highway work can be dangerous, especially in the dark and the early morning hours. Workers are often very close to passing vehicles and risk potential work injury or worse if a driver loses control of a vehicle. Recently in California, two construction...

The majority of workers and employers in any given industry follow set safety standards, abide by training and generally work to secure a safe working environment for every single person in a given facility. However, despite every effort most California businesses...

Any time that a fatal work accident occurs, there is typically an investigation into what went wrong. These investigations have the purpose of both pinpointing any culpability and also helping companies strive to prevent any such accidents from happening again. After...

Construction work on any kind of major project can be particularly dangerous for everyone involved. Large-scale projects that take months or even years to complete can be the site of more than one incident of someone being injured on the job. Just recently in...

Working construction along the road can be a particularly dangerous field for anyone whether they are just starting out of have been in the industry for years. Someone on a road crew is essentially at the mercy of the drivers who pass by them. In California, a young...

Farm work is notoriously difficult and strenuous. It can also be very dangerous considering the type of heavy machinery farms across the country use nowadays. For a California man working on a farm outside of the state, it became very dangerous as he suffered a work...

Any kind of work along the shore, such as dock work, can be particularly dangerous. The machinery, equipment and sheer size of items that need to be loaded and unloaded off of docks and ships in California and elsewhere can put any worker at risk of a work injury....