Obese employees were found to make more workers’ compensation claims, in addition to their claims being more expensive,than their non-obese counterparts, global insurance brokerage firm Lockton Companies Inc. stated after a review of independent studies. Lockton referred to the National Council on Compensation Insurance’s 2010 study, which “showed workers’ compensation claims that included the obesity… Read More

On Tuesday October 29, the Illinois Chamber of Commerce released a report criticizing the state’s bias towards laborers when they file workers compensation claims. The report also measured how this bias affects the economic stability of Illinois. In a report titled “The Impact of Judicial Activism in Illinois: Worker’s Compensation Rulings from the Employer’s Perspective,”… Read More

The Illinois Chamber of Commerce accused the judiciary system for favoring labor groups over business owners by rewriting legal documents to accommodate laborers disproportionately. The Chamber of Commerce argued that this accommodation is the reason that Illinois has the fourth-highest workers’ compensation premium in the United States. Michael Carrigan, the president of Illinois AFL-CIO (American… Read More

An accident at a northbound I-57 construction work site hospitalized Brent Harris, 20, on Friday afternoon, August 2, 2013. Harris, a construction worker, was reported to have been pinned against a barricade by an excavator that turned and struck Harris just as he was walking past. Kevin Delmore, 43, was operating the John Deere excavator… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More