Bremen Georgia Personal Injury Law Blog
What should your employer tell you about workers’ compensation?
While it would be ideal to go to work each day without being subject to many risks, your responsibilities at your job could mean you are exposed to different hazards each day. Protecting yourself against injury at work in Georgia is a joint effort between you and your...
OSHA violations create an unsafe construction site
The construction industry is among the most dangerous industries. As a construction worker, you expose yourself to risks every day. You work with heavy machinery, at dangerous heights and with electrical equipment. Accidents can happen at any jobsite, but they tend to...
What does a WC-104 mean for your Georgia workers’ comp benefits?
After suffering an injury at work in Georgia, your authorized treating physician will monitor your condition. Before you are released to return to your full job duties, your doctor may allow you to go back to work with light-duty restrictions. An important step in the...
What are 3 ways you can lose Social Security disability benefits?
As a Georgia resident with a severe disability, you may have found the application process for Social Security Disability Insurance to be an uphill battle. Even if the U.S. Social Security Administration does, in fact, approve you for SSDI benefits, this is not a...
Motorcycle wrecks and heart health
There are multiple concerns that motorcyclists may have after they are involved in an accident, from the impact of the collision with regard to their job to the ways in which their negative emotions may affect loved ones. Many people can understand how important it is...
Different ways a motorcycle crash can affect victims financially
There are many different types of hardships which may arise for those who are involved in motorcycle crashes. Of course, these wrecks can leave victims in an extremely difficult position, whether they are in a lot of pain due to injuries sustained in the wreck or they...
Georgia company listed among 2019’s “Dirty Dozen” employers
A Georgia company providing farm laborers made it onto a national list of the “Dirty Dozen” employers of 2019. This is compilation of companies published each year by the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, an advocacy group committed to promoting...
Fatal tractor trailer crash results in $280M jury award
A Georgia jury awarded $280 million to the surviving husband of a 58-year-old woman killed in a crash involving a tractor trailer. The verdict is one of the largest for a wrongful death claim in the Peach State, as reported by the CBS-affiliated television station...
What is workplace violence?
Georgia employees who get injured as a result of workplace violence may qualify for workers’ compensation. Often when you think of on-the-job injuries occupational violence may not come to mind. Nevertheless, acts of violence on the job are not unusual, so it helps to...
What to know about occupational contact dermatitis
According to the Centers for Disease Control, as many as 13 million workers are possibly exposed to chemicals that can be absorbed by the skin and possibly cause occupational skin disease (OSD). In fact, OSDs make up the second most common variety of occupational...
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