Why You Need Work Accident Lawyers on Your Side

On a typical morning, as you get ready for going to work, you think about all the things you're going to do while on the job. Then you start mentally planning all the fun things you're going to do as soon as your work's done for the day. Never would you have imagined that your normal work day would end up landing you into the emergency unit of your local hospital. Yet that's exactly what's happened. And now, while you're still in recovery from it all, you're getting messages from the company's lawyers about how they plan on compensating you...

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OSHA May Levy Fines Following A Workplace Fall From Ladder Or Scaffold

Posted by Frekhtman & Associates

in Ladder Accidents, Scaffold Accidents, Work Accidents

A March 2014 press release from the U.S. Department of Labor has outlined the findings of an investigation into a fatal fall from scaffolding. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration launched the investigation following the accident that occurred on September 20, 2013 at East Georgia State College in Swainsboro, Ga. Fall From Scaffolding A worker 42 years of age was working on scaffolding outside of a residence hall that put him about 19-feet off the ground. He subsequently fell from the scaffolding and did not survive. Now, OSHA has found that the employer, Jack Smiley, d/b/a Smiley Plaster Company, was at fault...