We've explored a variety of safety concerns in this workers' compensation blog, often involving workplaces with visible potential hazards, like construction sites. However, a recent article reminds us that there may be specific workplace safety concerns associated...
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What Legal Benefits Do Union Members Qualify For?
Union members, employees and workers just like you, profit from a union's collective haggling capability to negotiate with employers on their behalf. This basic right gives union members more power than what you'd gain negotiating as an individual. There is strength...
Injured in the workplace? Follow these steps
In several recent posts, we've emphasized that no two workers' compensation claims may be alike. From an injury standpoint, every person is unique, which means that the treatments and rehabilitative services need for one worker may not be the same for another. ...
Wrongful Death On Dangerous Properties In Tulsa
Wrongful Death On Dangerous Properties In Tulsa If a wrongful death occurs in your family, you need an attorney to assist in filing a claim against the guilty party. People who own dangerous properties must assume liability for deaths that happen on their property,...
State agency offers proactive safety check to Oklahoma employers
Oklahoma workers may not have realized that the Oklahoma Department of Labor oversees a workplace safety program referred to by its short title, Safety Pays. Specifically, the Safety Pays Occupational Safety and Health Administration Consultation Division offers...
Tulsa Railroad crossing accidents
Railroad crossing accidents are more common than you'd think. In fact, there are nearly 3,000 reported railroad crossing accidents annually. While trains always have the right-of-way at crossings, motorists continue to be involved in these kinds of collisions for a...
Oklahoma worker loses consciousness while on cell phone tower
Technology has made life easer in many respects, but the infrastructure that makes it possible still requires potentially dangerous repair work, as a recent story suggests. According to the local deputy fire chief in Norman, Oklahoma, three cell phone tower workers...
Examining workplace safety in the steel mill industry
Although the risks in the steel mill industry may not be new, a recent investigation by officials for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration suggests that more safety rules or enforcement measures may be warranted. In this case, the company under...
Oklahoma worker alleges unsafe asbestos-exposure practices
Employers are required to report certain types of workplace accidents to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. That reporting may prompt an investigation by OSHA officials, in some instances. Yet an investigation may provide little consolation to an...
OSHA cites Oklahoma refinery for repeat safety violations
Although it may not be the state's primary export, Oklahoma does have an oil refinery. Unfortunately, one of the state's oil refineries, Holly Refining & Marketing-Tulsa LLC, has recently drawn the scrutiny of officials from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health...