A workplace accident causing death activates a right to workers' compensation death benefits payable to the deceased worker's immediate family members. To determine the specific benefits available, the state statute must be consulted because the specific amounts and...
Month: April 2014
Defective equipment led to the death of a construction worker
When the media report the death of a worker, it is not uncommon for Colorado readers to be concerned about the worker's family who was left behind. In addition to grieving the death of their loved one, the family may well face financial difficulties as a result of...
Crane accidents in Colorado and elsewhere too often deadly
Working on equipment like cranes is inherently dangerous. Knowing that a loved one faces potentially dangerous conditions at work everyday will often cause constant stress for a worker's family. Companies are duty bound to take all possible steps to protect workers...
Hearing loss caused by work injury may be compensable
A recent study reaffirms that frequent exposure to loud noise at work can result in hearing loss. Furthermore, those who work with hearing loss are at a disadvantage: they are more inclined to become hospitalized because of a work injury. The sampling of 46,550 male...
Workplace injury needs to be countered by safety resources
It's hard to imagine how much improvement in workplace safety has occurred over the past century of advances in facilities and technologies. As much as the situation has improved in Colorado and other states, however, workers still encounter dangers and suffer...
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