- Barry Doyle | December 31, 2006 11:43 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesTwo 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...
- Barry Doyle | December 31, 2006 11:43 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesTwo 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...
- Barry Doyle | December 30, 2006 11:00 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeA 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...
- Barry Doyle | December 29, 2006 10:37 AM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)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...
- Christina Cole | December 28, 2006 3:42 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)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...
- Barry Doyle | December 19, 2006 3:35 PM |
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MiscellaneousAccording 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...
- Christina Cole | December 13, 2006 8:42 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesSeveral construction workers were believed to be trapped today when a slab of wet concrete collapsed on the 24th floor of a high-rise building, said officials.Police spokesperson, John Lisle, said the cause of the construction accident is still unclear. Several workers were believed to be trapped and a handful of others had minor injuries, said Diana Sun, county spokeswoman. Oscar Moscoso, a...
- Christina Cole | December 13, 2006 8:36 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)An inmate at South Central Regional Jail in Charleston is blaming the jail for his slip and fall down a flight of stairs. Nalone Stallings is suing the Jail and Correctional Facility Authority, having filed his complaint November 27th in Kanawha Circuit Court that alleges his injuries is the authority's fault. Stallings, of Charleston, says he "sustained bodily injuries as a result of a slip and...
- Christina Cole | December 13, 2006 8:05 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeBecky Vanderlinden was quite surprised last week when she noticed the dose instructions on the bottle of antibiotics for her toddler. The toddler received five times the dose of antibiotics that her doctor had prescribed. Vanderlinden had called the pharmacy to check the dosage and was told that it was indeed correct - but the label was wrong. "I thought, "This seems like a huge amount of...
- Christina Cole | December 13, 2006 7:52 PM |
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Nursing Home & Elder AbuseTwo area nursing homes that were cited by the Illinois Department of Public Health for alleged acts of neglect are appealing the findings. The state reported, last week, that Sterling Pavilion and Coventry Village were both cited for Type A violations of the Nursing Home Care Act after instances of alleged neglect in recent months. On Friday Rhonda Reed, a spokeswoman for Sterling Pavilion,...
- Christina Cole | December 13, 2006 7:10 PM |
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Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)Serena's Williams 5-year-old, registered pit bull allegedly bit a security guard outside her home last week. Williams told police the dog didn't belong to her, that she was watching it for a friend, stated a Palm Beach Gardens Police incident report. The dog is registered to Williams, said Dennis Yeskev, Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control assistant director. William's website has two...
- Christina Cole | December 13, 2006 6:25 PM |
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Automobile Accidents40-year-old Sophia Hughes of Beloit, Wisconsin, was killed on Wednesday morning in a traffic accident. The accident occurred on Interstate 90 near Illinois 173 in Northern Winnebago County.The woman lost control of her 1999 Oldsmobile slightly before 8:30 a.m. in an eastbound lane on I-90 near a construction zone. The car struck into a guardrail and crashed into the back of a semi-trailer truck,...