Injured workers in Massachusetts and elsewhere are often prescribed strong narcotic painkillers like Oxycontin to treat the pain that can accompany many injuries, such as back injury, neck injury and repetitive stress injuries. Now, a new study has revealed that many...
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Tragic death at Massachusetts construction site
What appears to be a tragic workplace accident occurred recently at a construction site on I-91 in Springfield, Massachusetts. The work-related injury victim was an employee of Liddell Brothers, a company contracted by MassDOT to perform work at the site. Construction...
Massachusetts worker trapped in cement silo
A tense rescue scene played out at a concrete yard in Holden, Massachusetts, when an employee of the plant became trapped in a 50-foot silo containing cement powder. It was not reported exactly how the man became trapped, but he was buried up to his chest in cement...
Work can be hazardous to your health
Some professions are inherently more hazardous. Firefighters, construction workers, those in the fishing industry and farmers are among the more hazardous professions. Industry regulations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, are intended to...
Could non-payment of workers’ compensation become a felony?
Massachusetts employers with more than a certain number of employees are required to pay for worker's compensation insurance to cover their employees in the event of work-related injury or illness. Not all employers follow the law however, and when an employee files a...
Massachusetts Supreme Court rules on workers’ compensation
A recent ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Court reaches back to an on-the-job injury that occurred in 1980. The ruling addressed an appeal made by the state's Department of Industrial Accidents. The appeal stated that the amount paid should reflect a worker's...
