Workplace Injuries

• Railroad Workers Memorial Day: Black Shirt Friday

  Rett Guerry | June 18, 2011 1:17 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Yesterday, Friday June 17, 2011, railroad workers and supporters will come together for Railroad Workers Memorial Day in honor of those who have been killed or injured while on the job. In...

• Asbestos-Containing Serpentine Rock Focus of Debate in California

  Anne McGinness Kearse | August 13, 2010 1:25 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  California is fostering a heated debate over whether to maintain its state rock or seek out a new geological symbol. Referred to as “serpentine,” the current state rock has spawned...

• Canadian National Day of Mourning Honors Victims of Workplace-Related Hazards

  Anne McGinness Kearse | April 28, 2010 5:11 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  In honor of those who have suffered serious injuries or lost their lives due to workplace-related injuries, Canada annually celebrates a National Day of Mourning on April 28. Also known as...

• Workers Compensation Approved for Illegal Immigrants

  Pat Jennings | January 02, 2008 10:45 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  The Supreme Court of South Carolina recently handed down a ruling that the citizenship of injured workers should not influence their ability to recover for an on the job injury. The court found that illegal immigrants are entitled to the same benefits under the South Carolina Workers Compensation Code as every other worker in state. This decision came on the heels of a case involving an...

• WA Man Fraudulently Collects Workers' Compensation Benefits

  Pat Jennings | October 08, 2007 6:08 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  A Washington man has recently been sentenced to jail time following illegal collection of funds after a work injury. Willard Leech, a resident of Bellingham, had suffered a lumbar injury that put him out of work, although at the same time in which he was collecting benefits, Leech was also working a carpentry job for more than 10 months. This included maneuvering on ladders and manipulating...

• Potential Workers Compensation Claim for 2000 Employees

  Pat Jennings | August 24, 2007 5:02 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  A Rock Hill company may find itself with one of the largest Workers Compensation cases in the South Carolina state history. A meeting will take place Friday, August 24 at the Winthrop Coliseum that may bring in as many as 2000 former employees at the Celanese plant.Attorney Chad McGowan, of Rock Hill, will be conducting the meeting in order to gauge the interest in pursuing legal action. Both...

• SC Restaurant has no Worker's Comp Insurance on Burned Employee

  Pat Jennings | July 17, 2007 11:41 AM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Just over a month ago, Smokehouse Restaurant employee Kevin Lane suffered second degree burns over nearly twenty percent of his body following an accident at work. The employer failed to hold Worker's Compensation Insurance on Lane, and may end up paying dearly for being in direct violation of South Carolina laws relating to this situation. An employer that has four or more employees must have...

• Joye Law Firm Offers to Gratuitously Assist Families of Nine Fireman Killed In a Recent Fire in Charleston, South Carolina

  Amy Rothschild | June 19, 2007 2:18 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  On June 18, 2007, a local furniture store in South Carolina caught on fire during business hours. City of Charleston firemen rushed to the scene. Nine (9) firemen entered the burning building in order to insure that no employees were trapped inside. While the employees were able to make their way out of the building, nine (9) of the responding fire fighters were not as fortunate when the...

• Contractor dies following work accident

  Pat Jennings | June 06, 2007 4:12 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  Things went awry during the refurbishing of a Texas City, TX refinery when contractor Richard Liening was fatally electrocuted. At the time of the accident, Liening was working on a residual hydrotreater unit. The unit was idle, but had been reconditioned, and is used primarily to upgrade low-quality oil.Unfortunately this is not the first accident to happen at the Texas plant. An explosion in...

• State Worker Injured on the Job

  Pat Jennings | May 30, 2007 6:25 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  A mental hospital worker was stabbed with a kitchen knife late on the evening of Monday May 27. Upon his refusal to take medication connected with his mental illnesses, the 17-year-old patient went on the offensive. As soon as one supervisor to another called for assistance, the boy began to attack with the weapon.The 37 year old state-contracted victim was rushed to the hospital nearby the...