OSHA reports that forklift accidents are responsible annually for about 100 deaths, 34,900 serious injuries, and 61,800 minor injuries. It appears that Colorado workers suffer their proportionate share of forklift accidents each year. These are caused by a variety of...
Month: July 2014
Workers’ compensation is payable for aggravation of prior injury
In Colorado and all other jurisdictions, the work-related exacerbation of a preexisting condition resulting in a disability from work is compensable. Workers’ compensation benefits must be paid to an employee whose post-traumatic stress disorder was exacerbated by a...
Workers’ compensation and government agencies push for safety
There are work accidents in America’s workplaces daily, including in Colorado. Many of these are serious events that were preventable. Each day workers must go on disability leave due to a system of safety regulations and prevention that is not working at its...
Culture of safety can reduce workplace injury statistics
The best companies to work for in Colorado are the ones that understand the importance of having a culture of safety in the workplace. It’s hard to argue that when an experienced worker suffers a serious injury that this is somehow an economically neutral event....
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