Workplace Injuries

• Construction Worker Crushed To Death In Accident

  Chrissie Cole | April 01, 2009 3:19 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  A construction worker was killed today when he became crushed beneath the tractor-trailer that he was trying to free from the mud. The accident happened just after 8:00 a.m. at Frederick...

• No Economic Incentive For Worker Safety?

  Ric Davis | April 25, 2008 5:28 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  No Economic Incentive For Worker Safety?

• Safety of Construction Sites

  Ric Davis | April 24, 2008 5:06 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  A New York building, under construction, where seven workers died after a crane collapse, violated multiple zoning regulations. According to local residents and politicians, the city...

• Maximum Weekly Workers Compensation Rate In South Carolina

  Ric Davis | April 22, 2008 8:20 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  Maximum Weekly Workers Compensation Rate in SC

• How to report an on-the-job injury?

  Ric Davis | April 21, 2008 6:31 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  Report all injuries at work to your employer immediately and request medical treatment, if needed. If you neglect to report the injury within 90 days of the accident you may lose your benefits....

• In-home nurses get workers compensation benefits for car accidents

  Ric Davis | September 07, 2007 11:56 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  Two nurses could collect workers compensation benefits for separate auto accidents that happened while they were driving to see housebound patients -- even though they weren't paid mileage for the trips, the Workers' Compensation Commission has ruled. Commissioners said the claims were compensable despite the going and coming rule because car travel was a necessary, essential and integral part...

• Man fired minutes before injury awarded workers' comp benefits

  Ric Davis | August 31, 2007 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  The following is a published account of a case handled by Christian and Davis as printed in Lawyers Weekly:An Upstate construction worker who had been fired for alleged misconduct just minutes before he was run over by a truck was entitled to workers' comp benefits, the Circuit Court has ruled. The accident happened as the claimant was headed for the jobsite's exit gate after he was let go,...

• Workers Compensation Deform in South Carolina

  Josh Christian | June 26, 2007 5:44 PM | 1 CommentGreenville, SC

  In an article in the Greenville newspaper yesterday the Governor and wealthy business men across the state gathered to sign the new South Carolina Workers Compensation Deform bill. Instead of trying to protect the hard working men and women who form the core values of our country, Governor Sanford has decided to protect profits and businesses. Injured workers will suffer across the state as...

• Reform Needed to Improve Workers' Compensation Benefits

  Harold Christian | May 10, 2007 11:17 AM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  While Governor Mark Sanford and the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce continue to lobby for what they claim to be reform of the workers' compensation system, their plans would only benefit employers and the large insurance companies in our state. Reform is needed to provide more and fairer benefits for injured workers.Recently Governor Mark Sanford has toured the state of South Carolina...

• South Carolina Workers Compensation Reform

  Josh Christian | May 08, 2007 4:29 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, SC

  Unfortunately, for the worker, the state Workers Compensation reform bill has now been passed from the labor committee to the house floor. The proposed bill would significantly limit an injured persons right to recover at the expense of large insurance companies growing profits.The proposed bill will limit what an injured worker can recover in an already limited system. The present workers...