OSHA safety codes are designed to prevent workplace accidents in North Carolina and throughout the country. These rules normally focus on a specific task per rule, such as the height of an electrical outlet from the floor. But a new rule takes a more comprehensive...
Month: April 2019
Watch your back: How truckers can prevent injuries
Truckers are highly susceptible to back injuries that could end their careers. These injuries can be chronic, life-altering and expensive to treat without compensation. Your employer should be taking steps to protect you from injury, and if they do not, you should...
Simple steps may reduce electrical accidents at work
Employers in North Carolina should make sure that their electrical systems are working properly. If not, employees could incur catastrophic injuries, some of which could be fatal. A lack of proper grounding or bonding systems could also result in downtime concerns...
Construction workers: Receive more compensation for job injuries
Perhaps you work road construction. You stop to begin your work on the side of a busy highway. Although clear road signs are displayed to notify drivers to slow down, one distracted driver misses the sign and hits you. You suffer serious injuries and cannot work for a...