On behalf of Baddour, Parker, Hine & Hale, P.C. | Sep 24, 2020 | Workers' Compensation
Construction workers face a high risk for injuries and even fatalities here in North Carolina, and this risk holds nationwide. For this reason, construction employers must take the following steps to ensure a safe workplace. Careful planning and risk management...
On behalf of Baddour, Parker, Hine & Hale, P.C. | May 27, 2020 | Blog, Workers' Compensation
North Carolina residents who work for relatively large companies may want to know about the results of one international study. This study analyzed over 100,000 Oregon-based organizations and traced their survival during a period of 25 years. In the end, researchers...
On behalf of Baddour, Parker, Hine & Hale, P.C. | Apr 29, 2020 | Blog, Workers' Compensation
Workers in North Carolina who operate machinery are probably familiar with the concept of machine guarding. OSHA requires every machine part that could cause injury to be guarded, but the means of guarding will differ from machine to machine. Roughly speaking, there...
On behalf of Baddour, Parker, Hine & Hale, P.C. | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog, Workers' Compensation
North Carolina is known for its long stretches of interstate. These roads can be dangerous for the construction workers who are tasked with repairing them. The high speeds of the drivers, combined with the fact that they may be distracted, raise the risk for road...
On behalf of Baddour, Parker, Hine & Hale, P.C. | Mar 18, 2020 | Workers' Compensation
Employers are expected to record significant workplace injuries and illnesses on OSHA’s Form 300. OSHA has criteria as to what injuries and illnesses must be recorded, so employers in North Carolina and elsewhere should be familiar with these. However, even an...
On behalf of Baddour, Parker, Hine & Hale, P.C. | Feb 4, 2020 | Blog, Workers' Compensation
Worker safety will ideally be a top priority for companies that operate warehouses in North Carolina and other states. Businesses are encouraged to create policies that balance a need to prevent injuries with the need to be as productive as possible. For instance, it...
On behalf of Baddour, Parker, Hine & Hale, P.C. | Jan 7, 2020 | Blog, Workers' Compensation
Workers 55 and older, regardless of the industry they work in, should know that more and more people in their age group are suffering fatal injuries on the job in North Carolina and around the country. The Bureau of Labor Statistics looked at the number of workplace...
by Baddour, Parker, Hine & Hale, P.C. | Nov 26, 2019 | Workers' Compensation
Most workers who are injured in Goldsboro or elsewhere in North Carolina work for businesses and corporations that employ more than a handful of employees. Owners of almost every business of any size are required to maintain workers’ compensation insurance to...
by Baddour, Parker, Hine & Hale, P.C. | Nov 14, 2019 | Workers' Compensation
Data published by the National Safety Council (NSC) captures how a new employee is injured every seven seconds here in North Carolina and the rest of the country. This means that 510 workers are hurt each hour or 12,600 of them are injured each day. Around 4,600,000...
by Baddour, Parker, Hine & Hale, P.C. | Aug 6, 2019 | Workers' Compensation
The North Carolina Industrial Commission (IC) is responsible for managing both the Workers’ Compensation Act and the Torts Claims Act. They process claims for these programs and make sure that injured workers receive efficient medical and rehabilitative care....
