One worker was injured after a construction accident occurred when he fell through the roof of the Atwood-Hammond Public Library.

According to officials with the Atwood Fire Protection District, the accident occurred just before 11:30 a.m. when construction workers were attempting to replace a roof that had a big skylight in it.

The skylight was open at the time and the man somehow fell head first onto the ground below. When emergency crews arrived, the man was conscious and they airlifted him the Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana in order to be treated. The library was closed after the accident so officials could clear the scene and investigate.

If you or a loved one has been injured as a result of a construction accident, you need experienced representation on your side that may be able to help you receive the compensation that you deserve. Contact the Champaign workers compensation lawyers of Spiros Law, P.C., by calling 217-328-2828.

An Illinois man was rescued after a workplace accident that caused him to fall into a grain bin full of corn.

According to the fire chief of the Danville Fire Department, the man was trapped up to his chest in a 100-foot bin that was full of corn. Rescue crews had to use ropes in order to rapell down into the bin to free the man.

The man has no apparent injuries even though he was trapped in the bin for nearly two hours. The man was transferred to an area hospital.

If you or a loved one has been injured as a result of workplace accident, you need experienced representation on your side that may be able to help you receive the compensation that you deserve. Contact the Champaign workers’ compensation lawyers of Spiros Law, P.C., by calling 217-328-2828.

The 71-year-old groundskeeper for the Minne Monesse Golf Course was at the course the day after a blizzard in February when he was killed in a plow truck fire.

The accident occurred as the man attempted to hop into the truck to plow the snow and it caught fire. He succumbed to the smoke and was killed. The County Coroner made the ruling that the death was accidental from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Workplace accidents can cause serious injury to all involved, our thoughts are with the friends and family of the victim.

Workers at the Menard Correctional Center located in southern Illinois have received more that $1.5 million after a settlement for injuries that were suffered to their hands, wrists and elbows.

The guards at the facility have said that the injuries were caused from the repetitive action of unlocking and locking cells.

Fifty-five workers have applied for compensation, this figure means that there is one for every ten workers. The prison was opened in 1878 and does not have electric locks, so the guards must crank a heavy wheel to open the cells.

If you or a loved one has been injured on the job, you may be able to receive compensation for your pain. Contact the Champaign workers compensation lawyers of Spiros Law, P.C., by calling 217-328-2828 today.

A former Illinois State trooper is seeking workers’ compensation benefits from injuries sustained in a car accident that took the life of two women.

According to reports, the state trooper is asking to be compensated when his leg was injured in a car crash that occurred when he struck and killed two sisters while he was traveling at speeds of 126 mph, sending and receiving emails and talking to his girlfriend on his cell phone. The conviction against the trooper is what lead to his termination from the law enforcement agency.

Although he man pleaded guilty to the reckless driving and reckless homicide, he is still trying to receive workers compensation benefits and his legal team is trying to prove that he was doing his job as a state trooper when the incident occurred. The man was responding to an accident when he hit the women, but there was already help at the scene of the accident.