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• Trench collapse injures worker

  Barry Doyle | January 06, 2007 6:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A Pennsylvania construction worker was injured when the trench in which he was working collapsed while he was still inside it. The crew with whom he was working was installing a pipe which was being run into a school. The worker suffered a fractured leg and was listed in critical condition.An OSHA investigation was underway to determine the cause of the collapse and whether citations will be...

• Crash with CTA bus injured six

  Barry Doyle | January 05, 2007 6:30 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A collision between a CTA bus and a car resulted in injuries to six people. The accident occurred when the car moved into the lane occupied by the bus. The bus hit the car, causing the car to spin out of control and the bus to leave the roadway, where it hit a pole.Three of the injured people were passengers on the bus. The two passengers and the driver of the car were also hurt. One of the...

• Hit-and-run results in fractured skull

  Barry Doyle | January 04, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A teen riding his bike home from work was struck by a hit-and-run driver on New Year's Eve. The driver fled the scene, but police are confident that they will eventually be able to identify the driver based on paint which was transferred onto the bicycle as well as paint chips left behind at the scene.The injured bicyclist suffered multiple traumatic injuries, including a fractured skull and...

• Dog bite liability exposure concerns insurance carriers

  Barry Doyle | January 03, 2007 11:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  Many of the large homeowner's insurance carriers are either refusing coverage or increasing premiums for homeowners who have dogs that are of certain breeds. The reason for this is the frequency and cost of dog bite claims which happen more frequently with those breeds of dogs.Insurance companies view the following breeds of dogs as likely to attack: pit bulls, rottweilers, akitas, German...

• Nursing home resident dies of exposure

  Barry Doyle | January 02, 2007 6:00 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  The administrator a Pittsburgh-area nursing home faces trial on criminal charges relating to a 2001 incident in which a resident with Alzheimer's was trapped outside on an enclosed patio overnight and froze to death. Once the resident's body was discovered, staff members were ordered to bring the remains inside and efforts were made to cover up the true cause of the resident's death.The...

• Fall on construction site(3)

  Barry Doyle | December 31, 2006 11:43 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  Two workers were seriously injured when they fell 20 feet while working on a Florida construction site. One suffered a fractured leg; details as to the injuries sustained by the other were unclear.The fall was over 20 feet. OSHA regulations require the use of fall protection, typically a tie line, when working at that kind of height.On most large construction sites, the great bulk of the work...

• Medication error kills cancer patient

  Barry Doyle | December 30, 2006 11:00 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A cancer patient died after being given 10 times the dose of chemotherapy medication ordered by his doctor. The patient was to receive 50 mg of the medication ordered by his doctor, but was instead given a 500 mg dose. Four days later, the patient died. There were a number of allegations that the hospital staff tried to cover up the error.Fortunately, the hospital disclosed the error to the...

• Pit bulls injure two in separate attacks

  Barry Doyle | December 29, 2006 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A small child and a senior citizen were seriously injured in separate attacks by pit bulls. The severity of the injuries suffered emphasize how powerful these dogs are. In each of the incidents, the owners claimed that the dogs were well-behaved. If true, that also speaks to the aggressive and unpredictable nature of these animals.In an attack in Georgia, a five year old boy suffered severe...

• Boy Scout Bit by Dog at Tree Lot

  Christina Cole | December 28, 2006 3:42 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  A 15-year-old Boy Scout is recovering at this home after being bit by a dog Sunday when loading a Christmas tree onto a sport-utility vehicle.The dog was in the car and lunged at the teenager through a half-open passenger window after his owner bought the tree, said Police Sgt. Brian Gilham. The bite happened at the Boy Scout Tree lot on Canyon Road where the teen works.Paramedics were called at...

• Falling Concrete Injures Pedestrians

  Barry Doyle | December 19, 2006 3:35 PM | 0 CommentsCook County, IL

  According to the Chicago Fire Department, seven people were hurt in a construction accident today when soft concrete and wood gave way in a building under construction on East Randolph Street. The concrete was being set in a wood form (used to give the set concrete its shape) when it broke free and fell from the 24th floor, according to Chicago's Buildings Department spokesman. The form gave...