Workplace Injuries

• Construction Woker In Critical Condition After Fall

  Chrissie Cole | August 28, 2009 11:07 AM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  A construction worker is in critical condition after falling from a scaffold onto Interstate 75 Wednesday. Edmond Gourdon, 42, of Covington, La., was taken by medical helicopter to University...

• Ohio car accidents on the job can be confusing; learn about Ohio Workers' Compensation

  Chuck Boyk | December 11, 2008 8:48 PM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  Ohio workers’ compensation attorney Dale Emch addresses the issue of Ohio car accident work injuries in his Toledo Blade column “Legal Briefs.” Attorney Emch answers general legal...

• Personal injury at work not to be taken lightly

  Anneke Kurt | April 10, 2008 5:24 PM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  Injuries occurring at work should not be taken lightly. Our Toledo, Ohio workers’ compensation attorneys understand that workers’ compensation claims are much different than the negligence...

• Toledo, Ohio construction worker struck by car, suffers personal injury

  Chuck Boyk | November 29, 2007 1:57 AM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  A Toledo construction worker suffered personal injury last Friday after being struck by a passing car, according to the Toledo Blade. The car-pedestrian accident occurred shortly before 11:00am on West Bancroft St., sending 60-year-old Thomas Farster to Toledo Hospital with undisclosed personal injuries.Our Toledo, Ohio personal injury attorneys see the devastating effects caused by car...

• Toledo, Ohio workers compensation attorney Chuck Boyk interviewed on Channel 13 ABC

  Anneke Kurt | November 27, 2007 4:16 PM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  Toledo, Ohio workers compensation attorney Chuck Boyk was interviewed earlier this month on Channel 13 ABC in a special report on workers compensation. Workers compensation is paid when a person injured at work files a claim to cover costs such as time lost on the job or medical bills. The special investigation discussed workers compensation fraud, which occurs when an employee injured on the...

• Construction accidents kill two men in Toledo

  Dale Emch | July 10, 2007 2:52 PM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  Flags in Toledo were lowered to half-staff today after the deaths of two construction workers at separate job sites.Both Tommy Zunk and Walter Minarik were killed in tragic construction accidents that involved cranes.These fatalities show just how dangerous construction work can be. With the construction boom that Toledo is experiencing between the just completed I-280 bridge project and the...

• Worker Killed in Construction Accident

  Christina Cole | January 17, 2007 1:58 AM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  A construction worker was killed on a job site after a backhoe backed over him, said police.William Joe Williams of Garrison Construction was pronounced dead on arrival at the Peach Regional Medical Center, said Fort Valley police Captain Joe Saxon. Williams was bent over when he was hit by the backhoe that was driven by Eugene Maxwell, said the officer.No charges are expected against the...

• Man Dies After Construction Accident

  Christina Cole | January 04, 2007 3:32 AM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  Yesterday, a man fell to his death after an accident on a New York construction site.A two-ton beam fell on a front end loading machine the worker was operating, trapping it, said Authorities. The worker tried to use the machine to push the beam off of the building's second story ledge. Instead, it dragged him and the machine along with it. The worker was taken to the hospital where he died.

• Worker Falls 2 Stories to his Death in Construction Accident

  Christina Cole | January 03, 2007 10:27 PM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH

  A construction worker operating an excavating machine during demolition of a vacant building fell to his death when a concrete beam fell off of a second story ledge, dragging the vehicle with it.A preliminary city report indicates the worker was using a front-end loader to push a 60ft. concrete beam to the ledge of a Bronx building's second floor when it got stuck. When attempting to dislodge...