In recent years, the United States has witnessed a concerning surge in child labor violations and work related deaths among the most vulnerable. The exploitation of minors in dangerous and hazardous occupations is not only ethically unacceptable but also leads to an...
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Industrial Injury Study Focuses on New and Older Workers
A recent titled: New, Older Workers Stand Out in Workplace Injury Data analyzed data conducted by Travelers insurance company that looked at over 1.2 million workers' compensation claims from 2016 to 2020. The study and article revealed that new workers and older...
Industrial Accidents and the State of Industrial Regulation
Kim Kelly's article talks about recent industrial accidents in East Palestine, Ohio, and West Reading, Pennsylvania. These accidents have caused significant harm to both workers and communities. The author says these disasters aren't accidents, but happen because...
Will Returning to Child Labor increase Industrial Accidents?
In recent years, several states have made the decision to lower the legal working age for industrial jobs, raising concerns among industrial accident lawyers and safety advocates. While proponents argue that this change provides young people with valuable work...
Unsafe Working Conditions and Stop Work Authority
Recently we learned of a new guide created by United Steelworkers aimed at facilitating stop work authority in the hopes of making the working environment a more humane place to earn one's living. As the preeminent workers compensation attorneys in St Clair County, IL...
There’s More to FELA Lawsuit Than Meets the Eye
A client of a FELA Injury Law Firm who had been in the Railroad Industry for decades once said matter of factly, there are two kinds of railroad workers: those who have been injured... and those who will be. It might sound like an exaggeration, but we get his point;...
Amazon’s Wrongful Death Lawsuit Following Tornado
Not too far from Kujawski & Associates' O'Fallon, Illinois office, a large development on the outskirts of Edwardsville, Illinois is expanding daily. These warehouses make up a central shipping hub that makes commerce more efficient in the midwest. The hub and...
Get help after a railroad injury with FELA
Railroad workers in Illinois may wonder what they need to do should they become injured while on the job. Because railroad injuries can be severe, the government has set up a form of protection called the Federal Employees Liability Act (FELA). Filing a FELA claim is...
FELA agreements do not bar unrelated claims
An agreement to release an employer against all future claims from an injury incident does not mean that the worker cannot file new claims for unrelated injuries, a federal appellate court recently ruled. Any good railroad injury attorney can tell you that the Federal...
Common causes of trip-and-fall accidents
Trip-and-fall accidents are sadly common. Falls account for millions of emergency room visits every year. Fall accidents commonly cause brain injuries, hip fractures and spinal cord injuries. As injury lawyers in O'Fallon, IL we are all too familiar with these kinds...