Workplace Injuries

• How much your rating is worth in your NC Workers' Comp. Case

  Ben Burnside | June 25, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  A lot of people have heard of an injured worker getting a "rating," sometimes referred to as a "disability rating," for their work-related injury. However, you may not know what this rating is exactly, how you get it, or how much money the insurance company has to pay you because of it. This post gives a brief overview of ratings in the North Carolina Workers' Compensation System, and shows...

• UPDATE: 4 Dead, 1 Injured in Tragic Fireworks Explosion

  Pierce Egerton | July 04, 2009 11:42 PM | 2 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  The Virginian-Pilot is reporting that two more workers have died from injuries sustained when a truck loaded with fireworks exploded on Ocracoke Island in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. The...

• Electrocution at UNCG: More Information And More Questions

  Pierce Egerton | July 07, 2009 8:26 AM | 3 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  More information is now available about the electrocution of a construction worker yesterday at UNCG. The worker was an employee of Greensboro-based Powertec Electric. Powertec was doing electrical...

• Tighter Safety Standards Sought In Wake of Tragic Fireworks Accident

  Pierce Egerton | July 09, 2009 10:51 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  According to State Senator Marc Basnight, new legislation will be introduced next week to tighten safety standards for the handling of large quantities of fireworks. The move comes in the wake of...

• Baggage handler, grounds crew worker killed in accident at Raleigh airport

  Dan Deuterman | August 06, 2007 11:26 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  A recent workplace fatality at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina has brought attention to the hazards ground crews at airports face everyday. Lufuluabo Kalonji, 43, a flight service clerk was killed July 31, 2007, while working near Gate C23 at RDU. It's still unclear exactly what happened in the fatal airport accident .Officials know that Kalonji was working with an...

• 51 Year Old Charlotte Man Electrocuted and Revived by Defibrilator

  Lawrence Egerton | August 06, 2009 10:44 AM | 1 CommentGreensboro, NC

  Nelson Pozo has developed quite a relationship with electrical current. Pozo was working for AEP Industries Saturday night when he was accidentally electrocuted. He received a 420 volt shock, though...

• Deadline approaches for 9/11 workers to claim workers compensation benefits

  Dan Deuterman | May 23, 2007 9:12 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  First responders and rescue workers who helped with the recovery, demolition and cleanup in New York City after the 9/11 attacks are covered under a special workers' compensation statute. But there's an important catch. The deadline to register for workers' compensation benefits is approaching, as this fact sheet from the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health explains.Many people...

• OSHA Increasing Unannounced Safety Checks to Prevent Construction Injuries

  Dan Deuterman | November 01, 2007 2:53 PM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  For many construction workers, job safety is truly a matter of life and death. It's hard to imagine putting your life on line everyday just by going to work. A startling number of construction workers are injured and die each year from falls, crushed by equipment, electrocutions and other causes. The number of construction-related injuries numbers more than 400,000 every year, according to OSHA...

• Undocumented worker deported just before workers' compensation hearing

  Dan Deuterman | June 01, 2007 11:00 AM | 3 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  In a truly startling case, an undocumented worker who was maimed in a chainsaw accident at work was arrested and deported just before a hearing on his workers' compensation claim.Edgar Velázquez told a reporter that he believes his employer called immigration agents to court.One year ago, Edgar Velázquez slashed his face open with a chainsaw while working for a Warwick tree service company....

• Does your employer have workers' compensation insurance?

  Ben Burnside | June 15, 2007 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  I recently blogged about helpful links for the injured worker on the North Carolina Industrial Commission website. However, I left out an important free resource that can help injured workers find out if their employer has workers' compensation insurance, and find out who the insurance company is. The NC Workers' Compensation Act requires most employers who regularly employ three or more...