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While most of us have heard the word “Mesothelioma”, many of us do not know what it is. According to Asbestos.com, Mesothelioma is an aggressive form of cancer caused almost exclusively by asbestos exposure. Mesothelioma is no usually diagnosed until the later stages, therefore, the average length of survival reported in the last five years …

An Iowa construction worker was killed last week in a tragic accident when another employee backed into a utility pole, knocking it over and crushing him. At the time of the accident, the employee was operating a bobcat skid-loader at a residential site when he bumped a utility pole on the sidewalk. The collision caused …

According to Illinois State Police, a drunk driver struck a construction worker last weekend, pinning him between two cars, while the man was on a road construction site in south suburban Dolton, IL. The driver and worker’s names were not released, but police reports indicated the accident happened around 4:15 a.m. when the driver of …

While working on scaffolding, three employees of a masonry corporation in Ohio were involved in a tragic accident that took the life of a 52-year old man. According to Columbus Police reports, one man fell to his death while working on-site. The two other employees sustained non-life threatening injuries and have been released form the …

An accident at a Queens, NY at a toxic waste plant took the lives of three workers last week in what authorities are attributing to inhalation of toxic fumes. The hole the workers were working on was 18 feet deep and contained about four feet of dangerous, toxic liquid. At the time of the incident, …

Days after another fatal construction accident took the lives of three men in Austin, TX, a group of construction workers gathered outside City Hall, bringing with them one pair of boots for each of the 142 men and women who died in 2007. According to a report from the Workers Defense Project in Austin, more …

In July 2007, the plaintiff sustained a traumatic head injury when the arm of a telescoping crane suddenly broke while he was working. When the crane broke, it dropped its load of floor trusses, causing some of them to ricochet off other materials and strike him in the head and chest. As a result of …

The city of Columbiana, OH faces a wrongful death suit along with two of its electrical workers over the accidental electrocution of a woman after she stepped into a puddle with an open wire on the street. The victim was only 39 years old when she set out to deliver newspapers one stormy morning in …

A plaintiff from Godfrey, Illinois filed suit against a construction company after one of its employees rear ended her vehiclein an auto accident in May 2007. As a result of the accident, the plaintiff sustained permanent injuries. Since the other driver was an employee of the construction company and the accident occurred during the work …

A plaintiff filed a wrongful death suit last week over the death of her grandson, who was killed while unloading a truck filled with gravel. In her complaint, she names a truck driver, his employer and the quarry that filled the truck with gravel. On April 25, the quarry company loaded the driver’s truck with …