Worksite Injuries & Workers' Compensation | InjuryBoard Des Moines

Under Iowa law what benefits are dependent persons, (a wife or husband or child, entitled to following a work related death? Death benefits are covered under Iowa's workers compensation laws....

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Seventy-nine workers suffered a traumatic death while working in Iowa during 2007 according to the Iowa Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation program, called IA FACE, based at the University of...

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Cadmium's effects begin almost immediately after exposure. Though an individual may have overcome the cadmium blues, they will continue to suffer its effects in the form of bone loss, kidney...

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Cadmium poisoning and how to effectively treat it is a conundrum. Alright, let's say you've done everything we recommended in order to prevent cadmium poisoning. You've altered your diet to include...

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Certain hobbies and habits actually increase your susceptibility to the toxin. As if the nicotine and tar weren't enough, add cadmium to the mix of tobacco's harmful ingredients.In our previous...

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While we're doing our best to keep our wallets thick, we're contributing to the health deterioration of any factory worker or distributor. Though the negative effects of cadmium batteries are...

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At or near home sites, cadmium exposure can occur through industrial run-offs, insecticides, and even old galvanized pipes or other containers partially composed of cadmium.To date, there is no...

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Finding those two witnesses shows excellent skills on your part. Well done. After 26 years of practicing law I can think of only two reasons why insurance company adjusters want to talk with the person asking their company for money; and neither reason is good for you.Issue: I was in a MVA over two weeks ago. I turned left at the same time a truck ran a red light. The police report said...

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Workers killed while doing their job in foreign states, states other than their residence and the normal place of business, should see a lawyer to determine in which state or states the dependents are eligible for benefits and what state offers the more generous benefits. Another worker died this past week. This one while trying to move a mobile home at the Cloverleaf Trailer Park in Moline,...

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Workers can easily fall to their death if the right fall protection is not used. I've previously posted falls in plants and at construction sites. These can be very dangerous accidents. Working at heights it's easy to lose your footing or to move as your would regularly move but not remembering you're not in the correct location to move in such a direction. When falls happen it can be...

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Iowa House passes House File 2542 concerning Iowa citizens who are injured working on another state. The Iowa House on Tuesday passed a significant piece of legislation to assist Iowa workers who are injured while working in a state other than Iowa. Now if the Senate will pass House File 2542 or something similar, a 2003 Iowa Supreme Court decision will be over turned. House passes change to...

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Farming remains one of the most dangerous occupations.Almost as many farmers were killed on the job as truckers, according to a new state study. During 2007 23 truckers and 22 farmers died on the job. A total of 79 work-related fatalities occurred last year. For farmers it's mostly caused by using older tractors that don't include a ROP (Roll Over Protection). Surprisingly farmer deaths are 25%...

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What is my shoulder injury case worth with surgery? Well first I'll say this is common in my practice to be asked for a second opinion and I do give them, without charge. I do it even for lawyers and who knows maybe I have with your lawyer. That doesn't mean everyone should write to me asking for a free consultation for a second opinion. QUESTION: I am a nurse and I got hurt at work, I had...

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I have to admit that this one was too good to pass on without comment. I've written previously about tort deformers and their mantra and how Madison Avenue has brilliantly fooled most of the nation into believing the sky is falling and we can only save the nation with more tort deform. But as my mother is fond of saying, "This one is a real doozy!" I have to admit that this one was too good to...

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I have a pretty good analogy that should help answer this question. Think of a car. If there isn't gas in the tank the car can't run. Workers' compensation benefits works a lot like that car engine. If you don't have a medical opinion relating your injury to a work event then the workers' compensation benefits engine won't start up. Medical opinions are the fuel of the workers' compensation...

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