If you or someone you know is struck by a falling tree or branch, the owner or possessor of property upon which the tree sits may be liable for injuries or other damages caused. The owner or possessor of land can be held liable for injuries caused by falling tree branches if they knew of>> Read More

A lack of written standard operating procedures for the ammonia refrigeration process No emergency action plan A failure to perform inspections and tests on process equipment A failure to address the hazards of the ammonia refrigeration process A failure to address the findings and recommendations of the process hazard analysis team Other safety violations found>> Read More

A Sullivan, Illinois, manufacturer has been fined by the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for three repeated workplace safety violations. The federal fines come after a worker suffered an amputation injury at Agri-Fab Inc. work facility last fall. “Agri-Fab has a responsibility to recognize the hazards that exist in its workplace and>> Read More

In our last post we discussed a South Bend plane crash that is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board. In addition to investigating aviation crashes, the NTSB has also been busy investigating train accidents. Two serious accidents in Illinois and Michigan have prompted the NTSB to recommend the development of new safety standards>> Read More

Courthouse News reports that Abbott Laboratories was recently sued in Cook County by a woman who claims that the drugmaker’s arthritis-treatment shots gave her cancer. The woman received bi-monthly Humira injections for a two year period starting in 2008. She stopped the shots in 2010, when she learned that she had developed B-cell non-Hodgkin’s follicular>> Read More

A Batavia, Illinois, worker recently won a $1.75 million settlement in a premises liability lawsuit. The worker was at a rock and tunnel structure in a construction site when a rock fell on him. The worker allegedly suffered severe personal injuries and believed that his injuries were due to the negligent operation of the construction>> Read More

A 12-member jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $8.3 million to a man who was injured by a defective hip manufactured by the company’s DePuy orthopedics division. The hip implant is known as Articular Surface Replacement, or A.S.R., represents one of the greatest medical device failures in recent memory. Traditional hip implants are made>> Read More

LEAN CUISINE Culinary Collection Mushroom Mezzaluna Ravioli, UPC 13800-58358 Best Before Date: DEC2013 Production codes impacted: 2311587812 and 2312587812 Remedy: Do not consume, but contact Nestl Consumer Services at (866) 586-9424 or [email protected] Some consumers may also be able to return the recalled products to their local grocers for a refund. Otherwise Nestl will provide>> Read More

A Kansas City area woman has just been released from a hospital where she has been since a 300-pound sign fell on her at an Alabama airport. The woman was returning from a Florida spring break trip with her family and did a layover in Alabama. The seven-member family was together when a flight board>> Read More

Children are enjoying the last few weeks of summer in a variety of ways, including going to the many lakes near Chicago. The increased numbers of youngsters on local lakes means that the likelihood of recreational water sporting injuries has also increased. One such incident recently made national news after a 10-year-old Libertyville boy was>> Read More

Recent research highlights the difficulties facing victims of head injury and their family members after the accident. Unless a head injury leaves the victim totally unable to participate in health care decisions, he or she may be forced to make complex decisions while in an impaired state. Medical professionals and the families of head injury>> Read More

The month of June is designated as a time when safety organizations in Illinois and around the country raise awareness about the top causes of preventable accidents and injuries and how these accidents might be avoided. During National Safety Month, the National Safety Council offers tips and education around a certain safety issue every week. The NSC>> Read More