Workplace Injuries

• Titan Tire Worker Pulled into Milling Machine

  Steve Lombardi | August 09, 2009 11:45 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Last Tuesday afternoon a Titan Tire worker from the mill room was pulled into a milling machine last week. His name is Christian Alvarez of 1807 Mondamin Ave. in Des Moines, Iowa. He is...

• What might have prevented this 24-year-old Des Moines electrician from being killed by electrocution?

  Steve Lombardi | August 08, 2009 8:58 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  What caused the death of a 24 year old Des Moines electrician? That was the question surrounding the death of Chris Turney but now the autopsy has revealed that it was in fact caused by...

• Construction Safety - Collapsing Scaffolding injures six and kills one Mississippi worker.

  Steve Lombardi | November 05, 2008 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  Collapsing scaffolding at a Mississippi power plant injured six workers and killed another. The site of this accident is the Mississippi Power’s Plant Daniel in Jackson County. Inside a...

• Bulldozer slips off jacks and kills operator

  Steve Lombardi | November 02, 2009 2:04 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  What caused a bulldozer to slip off the jacks and kill 60 year old Patrick O’Shaughnessy? That will be the question his family is asking after an accident at a construction equipment company...

• Construction safety - OSHA 10

  Megan Roth | July 20, 2008 12:54 AM | 2 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  When it comes to construction safety, common sense generally isn't enough (many workers have learned this the hard way...) Thus, it's important for construction workers to be educated or trained in the field of construction safety.

• Pride in the Hoover Dam bridge and road expansion project continues in spite of worker’s death

  Steve Lombardi | January 13, 2009 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  During the Great Depression of the 1930’s the Hoover Dam Project employed ___ men and women in the construction trades. In the original project it is reported that 120 men died during the...

• Construction Safety - Construction Worker Hearing Loss: Prevention and Protection

  Justin Rogers | July 27, 2008 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  This post discusses hearing protection within the construction industry, when is it required, how to select proper hearing protection, hearing conservation programs, and what is required of employers when training employees.

• Construction Safety - Construction Worker Foot Protection

  Justin Rogers | July 24, 2008 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  This blog discusses construction worker foot injuries, hazard identification within the workplace, determining when foot protection is required, and how to select proper protective footwear.

• Can homicide be a workers compensation case in Iowa?

  Steve Lombardi | November 05, 2009 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  On Thursday October 8th John Versypt of Cordova Ill. was found in a common area hallway with a gun lying next to him. Mr. Versypt owns rental units in the complex and was reportedly in Iowa City,...

• Des Moines Police Officer is One Tough Cookie

  Steve Lombardi | October 07, 2009 10:28 AM | 0 CommentsDes Moines, IA

  What do you get when you take 250,851,833 registered passenger vehicles, 46,876 miles of highway, and a man with a badge? This is not the opening line of a clever joke with a cute punch line. In...