Sentences with phrase «fatal work accidents»

According to the BLS, traffic incidents were the number one cause of workplace deaths, accounting for about 40 percent of all fatal work accidents.

Although OSHA continues to push for better workplace safety, the number of fatal work accidents in Maine increased 20 percent in 2010 compared to 2009 — from 16 to 19 deaths — according to the United States Department of Labor.

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In 2012 alone there were a total of 4,383 fatal accidents in the work place.

Whether it's a failure to protect your workers against carbon monoxide, the silent killer, or a sleep - deprived employee getting into a fatal car accident on the drive to work, every job comes with potential hazards.

One day, [Tom] was on his way to work when he had a near - fatal accident with a tractor - trailer.

Doing things like checking your oil and fluid levels, running checks on batteries and replacing any bulbs that might not be working will go a long way to heading off any unnecessary accidents and potentially fatal road incidents.

He said he works «24 hours a day» on tasks ranging from training upstate police agencies how to handle fatal accidents involving Orthodox Jews to hostage negotiations and community relations across a spectrum of religious faiths.

A recent NTSB report revealed that sleep - deprived air traffic controllers played a role in at least four near - fatal incidents on the nation's runways since 2001, and the controller on duty in one of the worst U.S. accidents in five years — the 2006 crash of a Comair flight that killed 49 people in Lexington, Kentucky — was working on only two hours of sleep.

The Federal government's Bureau of Transport and Communication Economics has worked out the effect of price changes on petrol use, and the Federal Office of Road Safety has shown there is a link between fuel use and fatal accidents.

Set two years after her fatal car accident, the film picks up as her two sons (played by Jesse Eisenberg and Devin Druid) and her widow (Gabriel Byrne) are thrown together for the preparation of a new retrospective of her work.

When placing my Jeep gear it will jerk real hard, then when pushing on the gas the Jeep will hesitate and lose all power, I too drive to work in heavy traffic I am scared to death that I will be in a fatal accident, last year I took this Jeep to the dealership and explained what the Jeep was doing he explained to me it was bad gas, it now does this a lot, I once again took it into the dealership he explained to me this time that it was the transmission module which of course is not covered in Chrysler wonderful life - time powertrain warranty how Nice this is going to cost me a pretty Penny, so I have been reading on all these complaints about the same problem come on Chrysler recall

The tunnels were all made with the new dangerous nitroglycerine explosive, which expedited work but caused some fatal accidents.

In 1960, early in his artistic career, di Suvero was paralyzed in a near fatal accident while working part - time for a construction company.

During his recovery from a near - fatal accident, he refined his steel - working skills.

Recycling Warhol's car crash paintings from the Pop artist's «Death and Disaster» series, which in turn were appropriated from photographs of fatal accidents in newspapers, Turk swaps Warhol's American car with a white van, a symbol of a certain British white working class, now dying its own kind of slow death as the demand for blue - collar labor begins to diminish.

Erden Eruç, the climber who was belaying Goran when he had his fatal accident, has likewise taken up the challenge and is working on a self propelled global circumnavigation, which will include an ascent of the highest peak on six continent.

So, assuming you can avoid a fatal accident on the road, biking to work may actually help you live longer.

Whether this work involves a construction worker's catastrophic injuries or fatal car and motorcycle accidents — their lawyers are here to help.

Richard is a highly experienced lawyer, having spent 20 years handling personal injury claims, industrial disease, fatal accidents, accidents at work and serious assault claims.

He has also worked on complex fatal accidents and wrongful death cases.

Worcester wrongful death lawyer Peter Ventura works with the surviving families of fatal accident victims in central Massachusetts and Metro West.

Investigators examining the evidence in a fatal wrong - way car accident that killed two teenagers — best friends — have concluded the recreational vehicle that struck them head - on had no working headlights.

The charge was laid in early September, 2015, and arose from an accident on September 20, 2013, in which a mechanic suffered fatal burns after the car he was working on caught fire.

Nationally, traffic accidents account for about 42 percent of all fatal work injuries, but they were only the fourth-most prevalent cause of death in workplace accidents in New York.

Clients who work with our attorneys after the death of a loved one in a fatal car accident usually file a wrongful death lawsuit seeking compensation for loss of companionship, loss of the deceased's contributions to the family income, loss of services such as yard work or child care, the family's pain and suffering, and medical and funeral expenses.

Claims can be brought in a range of circumstances from road traffic accidents, accidents at work, tripping accidents, MOD claims, animal injury claims, accidents abroad and fatal accidents.

We also work with the families of fatal accident victims who need help with their claims for compensation.

Work related fatal accidents are initially investigated by the police to determine whether the criminal offences of...

We examine the facts of every accident carefully and work with experts familiar with safety regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Federal Safety Regulations, and the State Fatal Accident Cause Evaluation Agency (FACE) to determine how the accident could have been prevented.

In Corr (Administratrix of the Estate of T Corr (deceased) v IBC Vehicles Ltd [2008] UKHL 13, [2008] All ER (D) 386 (Feb), the House of Lords upheld the Court of Appeal's finding that an employer was liable under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (FAA 1976) for the suicide of an employee who suffered from severe depression, having been seriously injured in an accident at work.

He could no longer sustain his work as a taxi driver due to his fear of being involved in another accident and worse, potentially a fatal one.

She handles a range of claims involving accidents at work, catastrophic and fatal road traffic claims, and product, occupier and public liability claims.

Our solicitors also work closely with charities like Brake and Roadpeace, who offer help to families that have been bereaved by fatal road traffic accidents.

«Absolutely in the top rank nationally», Mari Rosser excels at brain injury and fatal accident claims and regularly works alongside practitioners in the firm's Court of Protection department, should the claimant require the appointment of a deputy.

If you or a loved one was injured, a loved one sustained fatal injuries in a motorcycle wreck, a motorcycle accident attorney may be able to put experience and resources to work for you.

The HSE has also revealed that in 2009, the most recent year for which statistics are available across the EU, the standardised rate of work - related fatal injury excluding traffic accidents was 0.59 per 100,000 workers in GB, the second lowest in the EU.

Our efforts to discover the negligence behind the cause of a fatal accident involve working with investigators, accident reconstruction experts, and other specialists in engineering, manufacturing, forensics and medicine.

Deals with all aspects of clinical injury including brain damage at birth, head injuries, gynaecology, obstetric cases, cardiology, spinal injury, general surgery, cancer cases, dental cases, fatal accident claims and Court of Protection work.

We'll then collect evidence to support your fatal accident claim and use this to work out a compensation amount that meets your needs and circumstances.

At their most severe, taxi accidents may leave victims unable to work or care for themselves, and may even be fatal.

In 2013, a full 16 percent of fatal auto accidents occurred between the hours of 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. — the time of day when the children are getting out of school and adults are getting off work.

Jennifer is an Associate working exclusively in the field of claimant high value Catastrophic Personal Injury and fatal accident claims.

Osbornes Solicitors supports the work of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and others in lobbying the Government to bring the law up to date in the field of fatal accident claims.

The fatal accident occurred while Mr. Lafreniere was performing maintenance work along a vehicle ramp at the National Gallery of Canada, while in the course of his employment with Lafleur de la Capitale.

He also has a vast experience in dealing with fatal accidents arising out of road traffic accidents (particularly involving cyclists), accidents at work and clinical negligence.

For example, because the number of fatal accidents involving large trucks has decreased from about 5,200 in 2005 to 3,200 in 2009, some members of the trucking industry argue that current regulations are working, and no additional steps need be taken.

If you hire one of the Staver Law Group's fatal accident attorneys to work on your wrongful death case, the first thing he'll do is request to see the at - fault driver's phone records to determine whether he or she was texting or calling at the time of the accident.

With a special interest in cases involving bowel surgery, fatal accidents and delays in diagnosing cancer, Sophie has also worked on complex cases relating to brain injury, secondary victim psychiatric injury, still birth and spinal injury claims.

I have worked structure and wild land fires, fatal car accidents, shootings, overdoses, suicides, domestic violence and the like.

I think next time there is a fatal accident with a human - powered vehicle, we should suspend all human - powered drivers until we can work out why humans suck so bad at driving, and can take effective measures to prevent it ever happening again before they are given the ability to drive back.