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• Cook Out Smart with Grilling Safety Tips

  Dan Deuterman | June 21, 2007 8:54 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Grilling out is a favorite summertime ritual.Fire just seems to make food taste better. But you also have to be careful when you're cooking out, and I'm not just talking about making sure you don't burn your burgers.Every year, grill fires result in nearly $27 million in property losses, according to the U.S. Fire Administration. In addition, grilling negligence or defective grills causes dozens...

• Connecticut Senate OKs Workers' Compensation Benefits Expansion

  Dan Deuterman | June 19, 2007 5:19 PM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC

  People seriously injured in industrial accidents will enjoy better workers compensation benefits under a bill passed by the Connecticut Senate, according to a recent article by the Connecticut Post. The bill is designed to give worker's compensation commissioners more flexibility to extend benefits for injured workers. According to the Connecticut Post, bill supporters say it would mean, for...

• Car Accidents Claim More Than 43,000 Lives Every Year

  Dan Deuterman | June 07, 2007 8:58 AM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC

  Make note of today's date as you read this blog.On average, 119 people are killed in car crashes each day, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. That totals 43,443 deaths in a single year. Over at the Two Cities Two Wheels, a blogger writes about an interesting report that the Insitute put out. The report is called "One Day of Crashes" and it provides details about the 119 ...

• Sneaker skates dangerous for kids

  Dan Deuterman | June 04, 2007 9:28 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Those wheeled sneaker skates that are so popular among kids are also very dangerous, according to a recent study in the June edition of Pediatrics.Kids worldwide have been injured while wearing roller shoes. Sneaker skates have caused at least one deathHeelys and other brands of roller shoes are being blamed for a variety of injuries in kids, including broken wrists, arms and ankles; dislocated...

• Preventing Injuries Among Young Workers

  Dan Deuterman | June 04, 2007 8:12 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Many high school and college students will be reporting to summer jobs and internships today.Summer internships and jobs are a great way for young people to gain experience and earn money. But young workers must remember that they too can be hurt at work.According to the Salem-News in Oregon:Every six minutes in the United States a teenager is injured seriously enough on the job to go to an...

• Great tips for avoiding dog bites

  Dan Deuterman | June 01, 2007 8:40 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Thanks to Injury Board Staff Writer Shannon Weidemann for this great series of tips on how to avoid becoming the victim of a dog bite or dog attack.As this posting points out, children are most likely to be the victims of dog attacks.If you or a loved one has been biten by a dog and you would like to speak to an attorney about your rights, please use the contact form on the right.

• Helpful NC Workers' Compensation Links for the Injured Worker

  Ben Burnside | May 31, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  In this information-fueled age, many injured workers look to the internet for information about North Carolina workers' compensation benefits when they are injured at work. For the web savvy worker and workers' compensation practitioner, there is a ton of helpful, and free, information on the web. This post will focus on the wide variety of information available through the website of the...

• Workers Ordered to Repay Company for Workers' Comp Costs

  Dan Deuterman | May 28, 2007 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  At The North Carolina Workers' Compensation Law Blog, my colleague Ben Burnside writes about a disturbing default judgement in New Jersey that is forcing laid off, injured workers to repay their employer $2.2 million in workers' compensation costs.

• Contact lens solution linked to serious eye infection that can cause blindness

  Dan Deuterman | May 26, 2007 10:00 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Following a warning from the Centers for Disease Control, Advanced Medical Optics is pulling its contact lens solution from store shelves. AMO Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose Solution may contain an amoeba that can cause a serious eye infection that could lead to blindness.The CDC confirmed 138 cases of the eye infection Acanthamoeba keratitis, which an lead to a corneal transplant or...

• Former EPA chief to testify about 9/11 health and safety

  Dan Deuterman | May 22, 2007 11:18 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Christine Whitman, the former administrator of the Enviromental Protection Agency is set to testify before Congress about air quality and other health and safety issues resulting from the 9/11 terrorist attacks.New York officials beleive more than 400,000 people, including workers assisting in cleanup and recovery efforts, were exposed to ground zero dust and pollutants. Some 71,000 people...