Recent Posts in Workplace Accidents Category
Posted on Oct 31, 2011 By Freedman & Freedman
A movie being filmed in Toronto is on a temporary standstill after several people were injured. The incident, which is being referred to as a workplace accident, happened when a platform shifted and ...
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Posted on May 9, 2011 By Freedman & Freedman
The man killed in a workplace accident last week has finally been identified as Paris D. Prater. According to police reports Prater, 58, was using a metal lathe machine when his clothing became ...
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Posted on Feb 7, 2011 By Freedman & Freedman
A workplace accident severely crushed the arms and hands of a woman in Ferndale, however, doctors are hopeful that they will be able to save both of her limbs. The woman, who is in her fifties, works ...
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Posted on Nov 10, 2010 By Freedman & Freedman
Sharon Welling, an employee at Isabella County Recycling Center, was hit by a forklift Monday while she was at work. A 52-year-old man from Alma was driving the forklift at the time of the accident. ...
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Posted on Oct 18, 2010 By Freedman & Freedman
Eunice Smith was at her resale shop on Detroit ’s west side when she heard a loud “boom.” When she ran outside to investigate, Smith saw that the brick façade along the top of the building had come ...
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Posted on Jul 21, 2010 By Freedman & Freedman
At approximately 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, a pickup truck was reportedly traveling east on 16 ½ Road in Wexford County's Colfax Township when it struck a horse and cart traveling in the same direction. One ...
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Posted on Mar 31, 2010 By Freedman & Freedman
A recent case ruling determined that Michigan employers do not have to pay workers' compensation benefits for employees' non-work related injuries or ailments. The case, Blankenship-King v. K-Mart ...
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