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Workers' Compensation

Hostess Faces $298K in Fines After Worker’s Fingertip Amputation at Illinois Facility

A 29-year-old worker suffered the amputation of a fingertip while reassembling a pump at a Hostess Brands LLC facility in Chicago, an injury the employer could have prevented by ensuring to shut down and lockout the equipment to prevent it from unexpectedly starting during maintenance, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found. Inspectors with the department’s Occupational Safety and Health…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
June 26, 2023
Personal Injury

Anderson Hospital denies liability in suit alleging patient’s stroke symptoms were unnoticed

Anderson Hospital denies liability in a suit alleging medical staff failed to recognize that an emergency patient was suffering from a stroke. St. Louis attorney Katherine Melzer of Sandberg Phoenix answered the complaint on behalf of the hospital, denying liability. In its affirmative defenses, Anderson Hospital argues that the plaintiffs' alleged injuries were the result "of some conduct other than…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
June 22, 2023
Personal Injury

Bartender denies liability in suit alleging Pit Bull attacked patron

A Granite City bartender denies that her dog attacked a man without provocation as he was leaving the Kopp's Korner bar after he sued for negligence. Plaintiff Victor M. Brooks filed the lawsuit in the Madison County Circuit Court against defendants Kopp's Korner, Inc, doing business as Kopp's Korner Too, and Marilyn S. Duckett, citing negligence in violation of the…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
June 21, 2023
Workers' Compensation

Long COVID continues to plague, puzzle comp industry

As information about long COVID evolves, workers compensation experts are watching how clinical changes and statistics may impact compensability for workers who continue to struggle with the disease’s effects. Last week, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California released data showing that in 2020 and 2021, comp claims involving treatment for long COVID symptoms were four times more likely…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
June 20, 2023
Workers' Compensation

Worker death results in $2.8M in proposed fines against pizza maker

An Illinois specialty frozen pizza manufacturer has been issued $2.8 million in proposed fines by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a worker died while cleaning company machinery. OSHA on Thursday announced it cited Gurnee-based Miracapo Pizza Co. for 16 willful egregious violations, one willful violation and 12 serious violations after a temporary worker died during a December…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
June 20, 2023
Personal Injury

Metro train conductor claims motorist caused collision at East St. Louis railroad crossing

The conductor of a Metro Train has filed a negligence lawsuit after a motorist collided with the train when he ran a railroad crossing. Plaintiff Georgedella Haynes-Lane filed the lawsuit in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Timothy Wells and Curtis McCall, citing negligence. According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff was the operator of a Metro Train and approaching…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
June 13, 2023
Workers' Compensation

Illinois roofer faces new citations, fines over fall hazards

An Illinois roofing contractor who still owes $31,163 in outstanding workplace safety penalties has again been cited and hit with additional fines after the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration says its inspectors found the company continues to expose workers to fall hazards. OSHA announced Tuesday that it cited Fairmont City-based JZ Exteriors and Repairs LLC for five repeat violations,…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
June 13, 2023
Workers' Compensation

Compensable injuries among food workers decrease: AmTrust

The total number of compensable work injuries in the U.S. food manufacturing sector decreased post-pandemic, with a 13% decline in workers compensation claims from pre-COVID-19 levels, according to a report released Wednesday by AmTrust Financial Services Inc. The specialty insurer examined 15,000 comp claims in food manufacturing between 2018 and 2022, finding that general workplace injuries were down in 2020,…
Etzler Lawhead Legal Group, PC
June 12, 2023

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