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I am often asked which occupations sustain the most injuries. The honest answer is that It is difficult to say what the most commonly injured occupation is, as it can vary depending on the country and the specific industry. However, certain occupations tend to have higher rates of injury due t...

Every day in Connecticut, construction workers are hurt on the job. In 2016, 6,100 construction workers suffered nonfatal job-related injuries and illnesses in Ohio. These workers were hurt in many on-the-job accidents and suffered many injuries—including back injuries. If you experience a back ...

  Recently, an employee of Coastal Masonry was struck in the head by a piece of falling concrete while working at a construction site building the  $600 million Plaza project in Coral Gables. Florida. . This same company Coastal Masonry got assessed with two scaffolding safety violations at The ...

  All of the body's joints have to work hard on Connecticut construction sites. . Accidents and repetitive trauma can cause serious injuries to construction workers' knees, ankles and feet. Many of these injuries cause severe pain and can disable workers for months or even end their career. OSHA...

This is one of the most popular questions our firm receives from clients who've been hurt in construction accidents. It's not surprising, considering falls are the leading cause of construction site accidents that result in serious injury or death, according to the Occupational Health Safety Admi...

Accidents involving falls are too frequent in the construction industry. There are many places from which a construction worker can fall while on a job site, including ladders, scaffolding, roofs, unprotected floors, and more. Hazards emerge continually in the normal course of demolition and buil...