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Two Workers Fall From a Roof in Coconut Creek

April 5, 2019adminWorkers Compensation

Coconut Creek Workers’ Compensation Lawyer Broward County Fire Rescue personnel airlifted two roofers to North Broward Medical Center on February 27th after they fell about 30 feet through the roof of a building. Both workers were hospitalized in serious but stable condition. Any type of job that requires one to work in high places is […]

Mar

New Bill Will Target Heat-related Injuries for Outdoor Workers in Florida

March 29, 2019adminWorkers Compensation

The Heat Illness Prevention bill would enhance Florida Workers’ Compensation protections by adding a new standard in place for protecting outdoor employees from weather exposure related injuries. It would require that Florida’s construction and agriculture employers provide their workers with training on how to avoid problems related to the hot Florida sun and extreme humidity. […]

Mar

Coconut Creek Fire Department Rescues Injured Worker From 17th Floor

March 13, 2019adminWorkers Compensation

Coconut Creek Workers’ Compensation Lawyer As per the Coconut Creek Fire Chief’s statement, a 40 year-old painter fell 25 feet off scaffolding from a construction site for the new Seminole Casino Hotel & Casino. The incident occurred around 9:00 a.m. He was then taken via Trauma Hawk helicopter to Northwest Medical Center in very serious […]

Mar

Three Road Construction Workers Injured On The Sawgrass Expressway

March 7, 2019adminWorkers Compensation

Three construction workers are recovering from injuries that they suffered while working on the Sawgrass Expressway in Coral Springs. The men were pouring cement from an elevated platform when the accident occurred. Officials say that it’s not the first time someone was hurt there. In fact, another employee was tragically killed last year when a […]

Feb

Margate Man Says Workers’ Compensation Insurance Denied Him Treatment After Explosion at Job Site

February 18, 2019adminWorkers Compensation

Under Florida law, if an employer has 4 or more workers (whether they are part-time or seasonal), they are required to have workers’ compensation insurance; if it’s in the construction field however, only one employee is necessary. Regretfully under most claims, the workers’ compensation insurance company is allowed to dictate which doctors that an injured […]

Feb

Worker Rescued From Construction Building

February 13, 2019adminWorkers Compensation

A 25 year-old construction worker was rescued from the top floor of a building that was under construction in North Lauderdale. Rescue personnel reported that the man suffered a neck and back injury while carry heavy materials. The building did not have any operational elevators, so the man was removed from the scene by a […]

Jan

Coral Springs Construction Worker Injured After Falling From Scaffolding

January 29, 2019adminWorkers Compensation

An injury on the job causes just as much emotional turmoil as it does physical stress. Unfortunately, an injured employee must worry about how his/her family will be taken care of while they recover, which can be for an indefinite period of time. In these matters, an injured worker should seek immediate legal advice to […]

Jan

Demolition Man Hospitalized After Injury At Margate Warehouse

January 21, 2019adminWorkers Compensation

No this is not about Sylvester Stallone batting Wesley Snipes in that 1993 futuristic movie thriller! Rather, a construction worker at a Margate warehouse was transported to Northwest Medical Center by paramedics last week for a severe on the job head injury. Demolition workers were using a wrecking ball crane to raze a dilapidated structure. […]

Jan

Explosion At Pompano Beach High School Leaves Two Workers Seriously Injured

January 4, 2019adminWorkers Compensation

On Wednesday, September 25, 2018, two employees were injured due to an explosion at Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach, Florida. The City of Pompano Beach Fire Department was called to the scene to render assistance for this Florida workers’ compensation accident. Two of the school’s maintenance workers suffered life threatening third degree burns […]

Dec

Construction Worker’s Arm Ripped Out Of Its Socket

December 6, 2018adminWorkers Compensation

A grisly accident took place in Broward County at a Coral Springs construction site when a day laborer had his right arm ripped off. According to witness statements, a worker, who was using an auger tool to bore holes into the ground, got it trapped in a drill bit causing the horrific injury. In a […]

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