South Carolina Workers' Compensation Lawyer South Carolina law enforcement officers who have experienced mental trauma after killing someone in the line of duty are not entitled to workers’ compensation. This news comes after a ruling was announced Wednesday by the South Carolina Supreme Court. The justices stated that the current workers’ compensation law does not cover mental health issues for officers who have had to use deadly force because they are trained to do so and understand that they may have to use it. The 3-2 decision stated … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
Man jumps into tub of acid to save coworker
May 9, 2012 by
According to CBS News, Four roofers in Clifton, N.J. rescued a co-worker who had fallen through a factory roof in and dropped 40 feet into a tank of acid. The men were part of a crew working at Swepco Tube LLC. The accident happened Monday morning. Martin Davis, 44, was working on the roof of Swepco Tube LLC, a metal tube manufacturing plant when he fell into the tank of nitric acid. Rob Nuckols, 51, jumped into the vat and with the help of three other workers, pulled Davis out. When Davis fell, he was fully submerged in the acid, … [Read more...]
Upstate Company Fined $480K for Worker Protection Failure
April 26, 2012 by
The Federal Government recently issued a $480,000 fine for an Upstate company for the way it handled a waste cleanup project in Florida. Welch Group Environmental is based out of Belton. According the US Department of Labor, Welch Environmental neglected to protect their workers from exposure to unsafe levels of lead during a cleanup in Delray Beach, Fla. Federal investigators said the company failed to provide eye and head protection while workers were cleaning up lead. Eye and head protection reduce the employees’ exposure to lead, … [Read more...]
Nail Penetrates Man in the Back of the Head
April 26, 2012 by
A construction worker is lucky to be a live after being penetrated in the back of his head by a three inch nail. Jeff Lupak, 45, was working on a construction site in Bismark, North Dakota when the accident occurred. Lupak asked a colleague to hand him a 16 gauge nail gun. In the process of receiving the nail gun, the gun fired hitting Lupak in the back of the head with a nail. Amazingly, Lupak said he felt no pain, just stinging pain and slight pressure in the back of his head. Lupak was rushed to a hospital in Bismark. He was then … [Read more...]
Marijuana User Not Entitled to Workers’ Compensation Benefits
January 4, 2012 by
A worker who smoked a marijuana joint before climbing a tree must have forgotten he was about ten feet off the ground, literally. Daniel Davidson, the employee, sustained injuries while removing tree limbs at a job site and filed a claim for workers’ compensation. The employer denied benefits, contending that the injury was the result of the employee’s intoxication and misconduct. A witness who watched Davidson’s fall said he looked like he had “stepped into thin air” before dropping to the ground. According to court records, Davidson’s … [Read more...]
