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Workplace Accident
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Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
Not Just OSHA: Understanding the Expanding Web of Criminal, Civil, and Business Risks from Workplace Accidents
By Adam R. Young, Mark A. Lies II
Employers often approach workplace accidents and resulting OSHA citations as discrete regulatory events — managed by safety teams, resolved through settlement or litigation, and ultimately closed. As many employers come…
News & Media Blog
Deadly Dangers and Fatal Manufacturing Work Accidents in Illinois or Indiana
Factory work is big here in our part of the country. Despite Illinois and Indiana not being the size of some of the larger states (think California, Texas, Alaska), both…
DMConsultants Blog
LA CENA ERA DE EMPRESA, PERO ¿TAMBIÉN LO ERA EL ACCIDENTE?
Una cena de verano de empresa puede empezar con un brindis y terminar con una discusión jurídica. El tema es mucho más complejo de lo que parece: ¿Qué ocurre si…
Folkman Law Offices Blog
What Are the Most Common Dangers on a Construction Site?
By Folkman Law
There are risks of injury in every job, with construction work among the most dangerous. According to the most recent data from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 1,075…
Climate Solutions Legal Digest
Tips for Handling a Serious Workplace Accident
By Donna Pryor
Major workplace accidents present a variety of legal challenges. While cooperating with a governmental agency (OSHA/MSHA/PHMSA/CSB or other)[1] during an accident investigation, the decisions you make can have an impact…
News & Media Blog
Danger of Severe Metal Fabrication Work Accidents in Illinois and Indiana
Steel mills are understandably impressive and vital to our state and national economies, but without metal fabricators everything would grind to a halt. The dangerous and essential work of metal…
News & Media Blog
Transportation Accident: Highest Risk of Death on the Job for Steelworkers, Construction Workers
By Reba Kennedy
On-the-Job Accidents Involving Transportation Cause the Most Worker Deaths in Illinois and Indiana Working as a steelworker, ironworker, or on any kind of construction site here in our part of…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Cal/OSHA Appeals Board Retracts Recent Decision
Quick Hits A clerical error led to the Cal/OSHA Appeals Board’s decision to retract a worker-friendly ruling that it issued on March 12, 2026. In the original ruling, the Appeals…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
AB 2321 Would Require Workplace Accident Investigation Referrals to District Attorneys
By By Karen F. Tynan, Robert C. Rodriguez
Assembly Member Liz Ortega (D–District 20), chair of the California State Assembly’s Committee on Labor and Employment, recently introduced Assembly Bill (AB) No. 2321, legislation that would amend the California…
News & Media Blog
Mini-Mill Work Accidents: Greatest Dangers of Steelworkers Being Hurt on the Job
Mini-mills in Indiana and Illinois are known within the industry to be cost-effective and fast in the production of steel, and more and more steelworkers in our part of the…