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Death Toll of Workers Killed Due to Hurricane Helene Grows as Fla. Employers Brace for Milton
Death Toll of Workers Killed Due to Hurricane Helene Grows as Fla. Employers Brace for Milton

Tampa, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – As businesses and first responders prepare the west coast of Florida for Hurricane Milton, the list of employees killed while working during Hurricane Helene continues to grow. A little over two […]
Truckload of Employees Missing after Hurricane Helene
Truckload of Employees Missing after Hurricane Helene

Erwin, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) – Officials are investigating a plastic manufacturing company after reports that a truckload of workers disappeared into the rising flood waters of Hurricane Helene. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Monday it […]
FTA Warns MBTA to Make Repairs Safer
FTA Warns MBTA to Make Repairs Safer

Boston, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration wants the Massachusetts Bay Transit Administration to make sure its repair work is done in a way that doesn’t endanger workers. According to […]
Two N.C. Sheriff Employees Killed by Hurricane Flood Waters
Two N.C. Sheriff Employees Killed by Hurricane Flood Waters

Macon County, NC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Two sheriff’s employees are dead after flood waters from Hurricane Helene ravaged western North Carolina. According to the North Carolina Sheriff’s Association, the two sheriff’s employees worked with the Macon […]
Employee Attacked by Coworker Says Company Failed to Protect Her
Employee Attacked by Coworker Says Company Failed to Protect Her

Boone, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A convenience store employee who was sexually assaulted by a co-worker is alleging that the store managers knew the perpetrator was a problem before he attacked her. And when she reported […]
Ky. Judge Shot in Chambers After Argument with Sheriff
Ky. Judge Shot in Chambers After Argument with Sheriff

Whitesburg, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Investigators are still working on why a Kentucky sheriff shot and killed a judge in his courthouse chambers, one of several people shot on the job in the past few weeks. […]
Customer Stabs Laundromat Worker over Cleaning Delay
Customer Stabs Laundromat Worker over Cleaning Delay

Brooklyn, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – A laundromat worker was one of several employees stabbed at work over the past few weeks when a customer got upset because his laundry wasn’t done on time. Police said the […]
Families of Workers Killed in Baltimore Bridge Collapse File Suit Against Cargo Ship Owner
Families of Workers Killed in Baltimore Bridge Collapse File Suit Against Cargo Ship Owner

Baltimore, MD (WorkersCompensation.com) – On Friday, families of the six workers who were killed when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed in March, filed suit against the owner and operator of the cargo ship that […]