Manufacturing workers are often exposed to many different hazards on the job, including heavy equipment, dangerous chemicals and more. While workers' compensation is available to you when you get injured on the job, it's always important to protect yourself since your...
Your work duties may require you to travel around town or even farther. You probably already know that you can qualify for workers’ compensation benefits if you suffer an injury while working at your job site or traveling for work. But what if you suffer an injury...
Workers could suffer injuries on the job any day of the year, but a review of existing data reveals that one day, in particular, appears to be the most dangerous date on the calendar for Colorado workers. Jan. 9 might leave some workers contacting a health care...
Truck drivers sustain more than 70,000 shoulder injuries each year, which really puts the physical stress of this profession into perspective. Jacking up a trailer requires you to position weighted equipment while using a crank to extend heavy landing gears. These...
If you live in Colorado and work in the waste or recycling industry, you might be more vulnerable to an on-the-job injury than people in many other occupations. A 2019 report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that the sixth deadliest job in the country was that...
Many people in Colorado work in the manufacturing industry. Regardless of what you manufacture, it's imperative to make sure you stay safe while working. One way to do this is by avoiding dangerous situations. With that in mind, here's how to avoid the most common...
Hand injuries are very common among Colorado workers. Because you use your hands for a variety of tasks every day, this makes total sense. What does not make sense is that hand safety is rarely a top priority, and finger and hand injuries remain far too prevalent in...
Putting in a proverbial "hard day's work" is troubling for many of Denver's workers who suffer the impact of strenuous labor on the body. Not all physical problems come from cumulative stress, either. One bad day is all it takes for an unexpected accident to cause...
Workers' compensation claims are often employment specific with respect to the claimed injury. A prime example in Colorado is construction workers who regularly suffer back injuries and other workers who do significant heavy lifting while on the job. Certain...
Around the shoulder, there is a group of muscles and tendons that help keep the head of your upper arm bone in place. When there is an injury to one or more of those tissues, you may have an ache in your shoulder that doesn't seem to want to go away. Additionally, you...
