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Many Illinois construction companies seek to shift the blame for a construction accident to an injured worker. A worker can help counter these tactics by demonstrating that there were OSHA [...]

One of the last deadly construction accidents of 2012 happened in early December in New York State. Authorities say that workers at a Bronx construction site were using a crane to lift a flatbed [...]

In addition to state law protections, most construction workers are covered under the regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act). This federal law was enacted to [...]

The death of a construction worker last September was an accident, a jury recently held. The man’s death happened at a roadside construction site on Illinois Route 8 near Legion Road. An [...]

An Illinois iron worker recently received a $64 million jury verdict after suffering severe injuries in a construction accident. The iron worker fell at the Dekalb construction site and suffered [...]

WGN-TV reports that a 25-year-old man was injured in Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood during a construction accident. The construction worker was performing rehab work with a cutting torch [...]

Federal regulators recently cited an Illinois construction company for safety violations which exposed its plant workers to the risk of suffering serious workplace injuries. Authorities say that [...]

The current state of our economy has had a terrible effect on lawyers: thousands of real estate and banking lawyers have lost their jobs, many recently graduated lawyers have found it impossible [...]

A large explosion creates an effect known as a blast wind. Soldiers who are exposed to such a blast wind often suffer serious injuries, including brain injuries. In a recent study conducted by [...]

On February 4th, 2011, a Cook County jury returned its verdict in favor of the estate of Charles Chuck Ingolia, resulting in an award of over six million three hundred thousand dollars in damages [...]