The safety of your fingers and hands may be at significant risk, depending on the kind of job you have. If you are a cook in a restaurant, you could sustain a deep cut while you are chopping food. Auto mechanics routinely use all kinds of tools, some of them very...
Custodians have the important task of keeping a business sanitary. They handle jobs like taking the trash out, cleaning surfaces, caring for floors and doing similar tasks. These are all critical jobs that come with daily hazards. It’s up to the custodian’s employer...
If you get injured on the job, complications may extend beyond the initial injury. These complications can be very detrimental to your health and could also be very costly. For example, perhaps you are a roofer and you fell and broke your arm. You went in to have the...
Many occupations come with a heightened risk of eye injuries. All employers should take steps to reduce the risk of workers suffering from an eye injury. Preventative measures, such as providing eye protection, aren’t expensive, but they go a long way toward keeping...
When you got hurt at work, you were caught off-guard by the accident. One minute, you were doing your job, and the next thing you knew you were dealing with a life-threatening emergency. You’re not alone. Incidents happen in people’s workplaces all the time, putting...
There are a lot of medical conditions that people can develop for any number of reasons. In workers’ compensation law, this is called an “ordinary disease of life.” Under Virginia law, an ordinary disease of life can be considered an occupational disease and...
If you like working outdoors, employment as a groundskeeper or landscaper sounds like the perfect job for you. Many hotels, hospitals and office buildings hire such personnel as regular, salaried employees. You can work outdoors cutting lawns, trimming shrubs and...
When teens have a part-time job after school or work during the summer, they generally don’t anticipate getting hurt. However, even seemingly safe jobs in restaurants, grocery stores and the local country club can prove dangerous. Teens too often don’t get the same...
Roofing is a demanding profession. Workers have to perform physically demanding tasks including removing the old roofing materials, replacing boards and then slowly adding the new roofing. The projects often require roofers to work at a break-neck speed, and schedules...
Every week, you can count on a paycheck for all of the hard work that you do. You need that income to pay your bills and support your family. Your job may be the source of your income, but it is also a major source of personal risk. All it takes is a violent outburst...
