A 36-year-old worker was killed when a Metra Electric District train hit and killed him around 1:30 p.m. The accident happened near 47th street. Authorities say that the man was a trackman who had been working for the company for about a dozen years. He was working with a maintenance crew at the time of>> Read More

GWC Injury Lawyers is proud to represent the injured members of ATU 308 and ATU 241 for workers compensation claims and personal injury cases. Unfortunately many of these union members are injured in work related accidents every year. Cutbacks in personnel contribute to an unsafe work environment that cause many of these accidents. We wish>> Read More

A DuPage County contractor was recently fined by federal safety regulators for workplace safety violations which exposed workers to serious on the job injuries. Investigators from the U.S. Department of Labors Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that Willowbrook-based Allied Waterproofing Inc. Committed five workplace safety violations at a Chicago construction site. Proposed fines against>> Read More

Asbestos exposure is nothing new to Illinois workers, yet employers still fail to follow state and federal regulations requiring proper inspections to protect employees and the general public. For instance, when an older building in Illinois is set to be demolished, the development or construction company has to follow certain inspection guidelines. In particular, the>> Read More

If you are injured in a car accident while running a work-related errand outside of normal business hours, can you receive workers compensation for your injuries? In Illinois, the answer is yes, depending on the particular situation. A case heard by the Illinois Workers Compensation Commission involved a car accident in which a director of>> Read More

Illinois has lately seen its fair share of factory explosions. A couple of weeks ago we wrote about an explosion in Cary, and now an accident at a plant in Pekin has left four workers injured. The explosion happened at an Enviro-Safe Refrigerants plant and is thought to have been caused by a malfunction in>> Read More

Throughout the scope of this blog, we have detailed what seems like countless workplace accidents across a variety of occupations in both Chicago and Illinois more broadly. While there are several safety regulations that should be closely adhered to in most workplaces, particularly those that are a construction or industrial setting, the reality is that>> Read More

In a recent post we discussed an explosion at a Caterpillar plant that seriously injured a worker. Unfortunately, a similar catastrophe has occurred at another Illinois factory, injuring three workers this time. The workers in the more recent accidents may face the same struggles, both in their physical recovery from burn injuries and their attempts>> Read More

Here are a few things about workplace injuries that employers and their insurance companies dont want to hear: that the full extent of your injuries may not be apparent at first; that you have the right to seek medical treatment from someone other than the company doctor; and that you have the right to deny>> Read More

A workplace explosion in Southern Illinois is under investigation by the State Fire Marshal. One worker was critically injured in the blast, having suffered burn injuries that required his being airlifted to a St. Louis hospital. He was said to be in critical condition as of Feb. 11. The explosion occurred at a Caterpillar manufacturing>> Read More

As of Feb. 2, a 35-year-old man from OFallon was still being treated after a serious electrical accident that happened on Jan. 23. He was working in Maryville at the time of the accident, and his condition remains critical. An electrical wire reportedly fell on the mans vehicle while he was working at an intersection>> Read More

A Springfield, Ill., pizzeria employee recently received workers compensation benefits for a shooting injury that he sustained at work. An arbitrator from the Industrial Commission of Illinois found that the pizzeria employee was entitled to workers compensation benefits because he suffered his gunshot injuries arising out of and in the course of his employment at>> Read More