How long must an employer keep an employee on their rolls if they are out on Workers Compensation?
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Workers Compensation and keeping your job are independent of one another. Unfortunately, many people mistakenly think that being injured on the job means that your employer has to keep your job for you. That is not the case. There is no such requirement in the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act. Virginia is an employment at will …
Veteran Worker Killed While Doing Their Job
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February 16, 2010 — susanmiley A friend of ours wrote about a sad story concerning two men that were killed while on the job at a DC Metro Railway. Jeff Garrard, 49, and Sung Duk Oh, 68 were crushed beneath a maintenance truck at around 1:45am on January 26, 2010. The maintenance truck had four …
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Truck Driver with Brain Injuries Earns Workers Comp
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January 4, 2010. By Gordon Gibb Richmond, VA: A truck driver in Virginia who was injured on the job and denied workers compensation benefits finally saw the case settled in his favor following mediation. On December 21 Virginia Lawyers Weekly reported on an unidentified truck driver whose delivery truck broke down on US Route 50 …
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Virginia Man Sustains Burn Injury at Work
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By LAS Newswire Roanoke, VA: In a story that highlights the ever-present risk of injury within utility facilities, a Western Virginia man working for the state Water Authority was injured this past week in a freak burn accident at the Water Pollution Plant in Southeast Roanoke. Virginia Man Sustains Burn Injury at Work The worker, …
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Common injuries when hurt on the job in Virginia Workers’ compensation cases
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Getting hurt on the job and disabled is a horrible situation to be in. You may have gone to college, trained for your job and made many sacrifices to be what you are. Then you can no longer perform, due to the debilitating injury. The emotional and physical injury of this type can be devastating. …
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Virginia Worker Electrocuted, Another Hurt Making Repairs
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1 Electrocuted, 1 Hurt while Making Repairs in Virginia. Fifty-nine-year-old James Bea was electrocuted while working on a water main break in Arlington, Virginia, Bea had worked for the county for 24 years. Another worker was also injured and taken to a burn unit in critical condition. Apparently the workers came into contact with a …
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Forklift accident victim to be buried today | Virginia Workers Compensation Lawyer
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A young man was killed on the job in a tragic factory accident last week when his forklift overturned and killed him. Matt Megginson was 27 and recently married to his wife Lindsey, when the accident occurred at Burris Logistics in Lyndhurst, VA on Friday morning. My thoughts and prayers are with Matt’s family who …
Rate of Fatal Job Injuries Falls in 2008 | Virginia Worker’s Comp Lawyer
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NATIONAL CENSUS OF FATAL OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES IN 2008 In August the US Department of Labor released its annual report on the National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2008. The total number of fatal work injuries in 2008 was 5,071 compared to 5,657 in 2007. This is the smallest annual total since the Census of …
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Improve posture at work | Richmond Virginia Workers’ Compensation Lawyer
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The Morning Call has posted a few tips to help improve your posture while you are working. Having good posture helps your overall health and well being and can just make you feel better all the time. It makes you look better as well. Having correct posture is also important to help prevent those slow injuries that …
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Daylight Savings Time Dangerous for Workers | Virginia Workers Comp Lawyer
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Changing to Daylight Saving Time Cuts Into Sleep and Increases Workplace Injuries Daylight Saving Time ended last Sunday and I would say that many Americans enjoyed the “fall back” and getting an extra hour of sleep. I would also say that many Americans find it much harder to “spring forward” at the beginning of Daylight …
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