Nurses, doctors and other healthcare workers face a long list of threats to their safety on a daily basis. To help patients, they risk infectious diseases, accidental needle sticks, repetitive motion injuries and more. However, one of the scariest threats they face is...
Warehousing is a growing industry in the United States. Companies both large and small use them to hold supplies or inventory before shipping them to their destinations. Although warehouses have different inventory, they all have most of the same occupational hazards....
As an employee, your employer must take reasonable measures and follow OHSA and other local and federal guidelines to provide a safe work environment for workers. As a worker, you should learn and follow all safety standards, wear PPE and inspect work equipment...
Suffering a work injury can be both painful and distressing. While injured workers in Minnesota can seek workers’ compensation benefits to help support them while they recover, it is still critical to prevent work injuries and accidents in the first place. Efforts to...
While accidents may occur in any industry, some industries are harder on the body than others. According to Minnesota's Department of Employment and Economic Development, also known as DEED, the state's top sectors include manufacturing and agriculture, both of which...
To date, you may never have suffered anything more serious than a scratch because of your occupation — but accidents happen. If you sustain a work-related injury, you have a right to workers’ compensation benefits. Here are five mistakes to avoid when filing your...
A workplace injury can quickly take away a person’s health and ability to earn income. Even if a victim of a workplace injury is not earning income, debts are still piling up. Workers’ compensation is meant to cover the cost of recovery, so why are so many people...
The rates of occupational illnesses in Minnesota are higher than the national average. The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses found that nearly 63,000 nonfatal injuries and illnesses occurred in 2018. Those in transportation, utilities, education and health...
First responders carry the weight of an entire community on their shoulders. They enter dangerous scenes head-on and willingly engage with situations that are physically and emotionally challenging. They do all this so others don’t have to. It is of little surprise...
For many of us in St. Paul, working from home is a new, temporary precaution while Minnesota tries to minimize the spread of COVID-19. Other people have worked out of their homes for years. For them, nothing has changed professionally. And as the months have passed,...
