Here in Massachusetts, we’ve had several notable subway and construction accidents in recent years. Workers in China face many of these same hazards; in fact, two workers were killed in a Beijing construction accident earlier this week. On Wednesday, emergency response crews retrieved the bodies of the two workers whose…
Despite a request from the Worker’s Compensation Rating Inspection Bureau of Massachusetts to raise rates by 4.5 percent, Attorney General Martha Coakley has reviewed the industry’s proposed rates and determined that current rates will need to be reduced by 2.4 percent. Coakley says the proposed rate hikes would have cost…
A 34-year-old Belmont man faces charges of workers’ compensation fraud and larceny in excess of $250. He reportedly suffered a work injury in August, 2006 while working as a heavy machinery mechanic in Milford, Massachusetts. He had surgery for that injury the following year and collected workers’ compensation benefits of…
Our Massachusetts construction accident attorneys have learned that the contractor involved in an accident last month that seriously injured a worker has been cited for more than two dozen safety violations over the past few years. OSHA records show that the company has been fined or paid settlements of more…
The Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled that Liberty Mutual was right to deny workers’ compensation benefits requested by a self-employed carpenter. The solo proprietor had severely injured his hand in 2005. An administrative judge at the Industrial Accident Reviewing Board had earlier ruled in favor of Liberty Mutual, and the…
On Friday morning, a sub-contractor working on upgrades to a power plant at a college in Virginia was injured by a falling pipe. The iron and insulation pipe reportedly measured 40 feet long with a one foot diameter. Firefighters from a nearby city responded to the construction accident. The unidentified…
A Framingham lawyer has filed a lawsuit against FedEx on behalf of a former FedEx driver from Brockton, Massachusetts. The former driver worked at the company’s West Bridgewater terminal and claims he was misclassified as an independent contractor instead of an employee so that the shipping company could avoid paying…
CBS 3 Springfield News reports that this is shaping up to be a busy summer for Massachusetts construction crews. With federal stimulus dollars backing new construction projects, crews are out in full force drilling, digging, and working. While this is good news for many of the workers employed in these…
Earlier this week, a Massachusetts worker was injured during his morning coffee break when pieces of a 500-poud panel fell on him. The 34-year-old man was working at the J. Michael Ruane Judicial Center, a new court facility being constructed on Salem’s Federal Street. Construction on the facility began in…
Our Massachusetts workers’ compensation attorneys have learned that a New England seafood processor has been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 17 alleged safety violations. Inspectors from OSHA found that the company did not adequately inspect and test the ammonia piping system. Previously identified issues had also…