While experience can come with age, Oklahoma employers must also consider the challenges of hiring elderly workers for certain types of tasks. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 25 percent of the workforce will be at least 55 years of age in...
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Year: 2016
Traumatic Brain Injuries: The Domestic Violence Secret
We typically relate head injury and brain injury cases to contact sports like football or car accident victims, but we rarely hear about one group of victims who are impacted by traumatic brain injuries (TBIs). In fact, experts believe that domestic violence victims...
What employees must do when injured on the job
With only a few exceptions, employees who are hired and subsequently injured while on the job in Oklahoma are covered by the state's workers' compensation laws. Under these laws, employers are protected from certain liability lawsuits, and workers have the right to...
Oklahoma Drivers: Beware of Cooler Weather Hazards
This year, Oklahoma had a spring and summer that were out of the ordinary. May brought record-breaking heat waves, plus we saw months and months of droughts and floods, earthquakes, and winds that were strong enough to knock a semi-truck right off of its tires on 1-44...
Truckers miss more work days due to illness, injury
In August 2016, an Occupational Health and Safety Administration regulation went into effect that requires certain employers to submit on-the-job injury and illness information electronically. Although it generally applies to employers who have at least 250 employees,...
On-set injury reports increase, some cases go unreported
Entertainment insiders have indicated that safety risks are increasing on TV and film sets. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has also received more reports of serious accidents on sets since 2014. This increase might be a surprise to Oklahoma movie...
Assisted Living Facility Homicide
At , we see too many cases of nursing home abuse in Oklahoma. A little over a year ago, we read an article appeared in the Chicago Tribune that we found to be significant regarding nursing home abuse. The medical examiner's conclusion in...
OSHA’s new rules for working and walking surfaces
Employees in Oklahoma and across the United States who face hazards due to walking and working surfaces can expect to see safety improvements in the workplace by 2017, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The agency announced in November...
Safety rules for trenching and excavation
The trenching and excavation guidelines established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration were established to prevent worker injuries in Oklahoma and the rest of the country from two of the most hazardous construction operations. The guidelines aim to...
Man denied workers’ compensation benefits for work injury
Many Oklahoma employees have desk jobs that require them to sit and fill out forms. While sedentary jobs may not seem hazardous, it is possible to suffer an injury while sitting at a desk. However, people who sustain an injury at their desk will only be allowed to...