Des Moines Personal Injury Lawyer

This is the first blog of a six-part series on fall protection within the construciton industry. This post serves as an introduction into construction worker fall protection and outlines a number of important issues within the construction industry regarding worker safety and accident prevention.

In order to reduce the risk of accidents within the industry, the U.S. Department of Labor formed the Occupational Health & Safety Administration in 1970 under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. The organization, which exists to prevent injuries and ensure safe workplaces for construction workers, sets federal standards and record keeping requirements.

We'd like to concentrate this month on the construction trades and what makes a working environment a safe place to work. Join us as we explore several of the well known risk encountered every day on the construction site job site. Be safe by working smart. Call us if you have a question. We're here to help you avoid an accident or injury. That's our promise to you.

Linn County , Iowa is two and one half hours away from West Des Moines , Iowa where I live. As far as the lawyers who work in downtown Cedar Rapids are concerned it might as well be on the moon. The water in downtown Cedar ...

For weight they added rail cars to bridges, hoping they would be saved. But the raging waters know no mercy. Having taken down a large bridge, the flooding waters claimed a second; a railroad bridge holding a locomotive and several other rail cars added for weight. In the water went several employees including the engineer.

A 13 year old fell from the escalator area at the Jordan Creek Town Center Mall in West Des Moines, Iowa. Should parents watch children more closely when visiting the mall?

A homeless woman was run over after a dry cleaning deliver van rear ends another, causing her serious injury.

Does the Thong law suit demonstrate a weakness in the civil jury system or something wrong with this young lawyer's mentoring?

Why keep the terms of the Bork vs. Yale Club personal injury settlement confidential?

As of July 1, 2008 Iowa joins those states banning tobacco smoke in resteraunts. Join me today as I respond from the heart about what is really at stake.