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The notion that it could be more dangerous to work in a hospital than to work on a construction site might sound absurd. Hospitals exist in order to counteract the effects of injury and disease, so the fact that they are a leading cause of workplace injuries and...

State law in Illinois protects workers from the high financial burden associated with sustaining an injury during the course of employment. Through the Illinois Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Diseases Act, injured workers may apply for benefits to the Illinois...

Many workers in Illinois, as well as millions of workers across the United States, are employed in the restaurant industry. According to the National Restaurant Association, the restaurant workforce represents 10 percent of the overall workforce in the country....

The elevated risk of work zone accidents to road workers, relative to many professionals laboring in different fields, may be intuitive. These workers labor in road construction work zones, which are located in unavoidably close proximity to imperfect human beings...

A truck driver operating an overloaded tractor trailer, which was transporting 16 to 20 million honey bees from Florida to Maine, was cited by Florida law enforcement for having an unsafe load. According to Delaware Online, the tractor trailer tipped over onto a guard...

For Illinois workers, incurring a workplace injury can be a traumatic experience. On top of worrying over possible long-term effects on health and impairments to the ability to make a living, the anxiety over how to respond can be overwhelming. For this reason,...

Asbestosis is covered under the Illinois Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Diseases Act. In other words, Illinois workers who develop this condition as a consequence of employment are entitled to benefits under state workers’ compensation law. Specifically,...

According to records kept by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 905,700 American workers had to miss one or more days of work in 2012 because of a job-related injury. Injured workers in Illinois have the right to collect benefits through the Illinois Workers’...

The most dangerous part of an airline worker’s job often takes place on the ground, not in the air. While American aviation is safer than ever, many airline employees, especially pilots and flight attendants, lead highly demanding lives with exhausting hours and...

According to the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, workers’ compensation benefits represent a valuable safety net for Illinois workers who incur injuries on the job. However, for many such beneficiaries, having the freedom to choose who provides the medical...