Workplace Injury Articles

Is this my ONLY option if I’m hurt on the job?

By Chad Trammell

Trammell Piazza a law firm in Little Rock and Texarkana, AR. Chad, partner, discusses your options if you are hurt on the job. When explaining workers’ compensation to people, they often ask if it’s their only option. I tell them that if they get injured on the job, there’s good news: their employer typically has […]

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Important Information for Employees: What to Do If You Get Hurt on the Job!

By Chad Trammell

Trammell Piazza a law firm in Little Rock and Texarkana, AR. Chad, partner, discusses what to do if you get hurt on the job! So people often ask what do they do if they get hurt on the job. If you get hurt on your job and you’re hurt such that you’re going to need […]

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Failure to Warn or Label Equipment

By Chad Trammell

When equipment is improperly labeled, it can lead to a myriad of potential injuries and even death in some cases. Everything from simple cuts and abrasions to broken bones, severed limbs, electrocution—the list goes on and on. Fortunately, there are laws in place to protect people who are injured on the job, including due to […]

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Caught In or Compressed by Equipment

By Melody Piazza

Your workplace can potentially be dangerous, with many hazards that could potentially result ina life-changing employee injury. While most are familiar with slip and fall injuries or repetitivemotion injuries, there are other types of dangers, including being caught in and caught betweenhazards. What are caught-in or caught-between hazards? As the name suggests, these refer to […]

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Explosions, Fires and Burns

By Chad Trammell

While you may never think of the potential of injury from an explosion or fire happening while at work, the truth is that explosions and fires can happen anywhere at any time. Certain industries — mining, manufacturing, construction, and petrochemical production — are more likely to have these incidents. Statistics show that explosions are not […]

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Struck by an Object or Equipment

By Melody Piazza

If you have been struck by an object or a piece of equipment at work and it caused you bodily injury, you are probably stressed and in pain. No one should ever have to sustain injuries at their place of employment. However, there is help available when it does happen, and you may be eligible for […]

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Safety Shutoff Malfunctions

By Melody Piazza

When you are employed in the construction, logistics, or manufacturing industries, working with heavy machinery and equipment is usually a requirement to perform the job. Therefore, workers who are tasked with operating machines, as well as their employers and supervisors, should always take precautions to ensure the workplace is safe. However, in some cases, this […]

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Mechanical or Design Defect

By Chad Trammell

The workers in many different industries — manufacturing, logistics, and construction to name a few — rely on heavy equipment and machinery to perform their jobs. The workers who operate this machinery, along with their supervisors and employers, typically take every precaution to maintain a safe workplace, including using the machines safely and only as […]

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Questions when hiring a workplace injury or industrial accident lawyer

By Chad Trammell

For the worker injured in an industrial accident the injuries are often severe and life-altering. If you’ve suffered injury in an industrial accident, you will likely have many questions when hiring a workplace injury or industrial accident attorney.

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What to Know About Workplace Negligence and Employer Liability

By Melody Piazza

After sustaining injuries because of your job, you have the right to consult a worker injury lawyer to determine if you might be able to recover greater compensation through a workplace negligence lawsuit against your employer. Here is what to know about workplace negligence and employer liability.

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