To invoke the second injury fund the injured worker must have had a pre-existing Permanent Partial Disability. The second injury fund is governed by §287.220.1 RSMo. that provides the worker must have a serious injury that hinders or is an obstacle for employment and it must be one injury that causes these obstacles. Accordingly…
On Friday, two men were seriously injured in a building collapse at the 3900 block of West Pine in St. Louis, Missouri. The workplace accident happened when the men were in the process of going through bricks on the third floor of a building when a section of the building fell off, and sent the…
A tragicvehicle accident has taken the life of a mom and her daughter and injured two more. In addition, this crash was attributed to a man who was driving while intoxicated after leaving a wine festival just before the accident. 35-year-old, Brian Jones lost control of his vehicle after he was enjoying himself at…
Consumers that drive a Ford Fusion, Fiesta, or Lincoln MKZ need to check with their manufacturer because there is a chance that their vehicles may have beenrecalled. In addition, the prior vehicles have been recalled twice in one week due to a serious safety issue. On Wednesday and Friday of last week, Ford Motor…
In the small, rural town of Hamel, Illinois located just outside St. Louis, Missouri one person is dead following a semicrash that happened Saturday afternoon. In addition, a pickup truck and a semi both collided at the intersection of Route 140, and Route 4 in the little town. The pickup rear-ended the semi, and…
Two demolition workers were severelyinjured Friday after a building collapsed in St. Louis, Missouri. The two men were cleaning and stacking bricks at the 3900 block of West Pine Boulevard when suddenly a large section of façade fell. Both men fell from the third floor of the building all the way to the basement….
Friday morning in St. Louis, Missouri, two demolition workers were injured in a near-fatal workplace accident. The two men were in the process of dismantling a building at the 3900 block of West Pine Boulevard when they fell more than 30 feet to the ground. In addition, as the workers were removing bricks by…
Interstate 270 in St. Louis, MO was closed early Friday morning after a pedestrian was struck and killed. The accident happened when a 31-year-old man was attempting to cross-northbound lanes of the road just near Ladue Road when he was struck. The driver of the vehicle stopped after the accident, and has been very…
Sadly a workplace accident has taken the life of a maintenance worker at West County Center in Des Peres, Missouri. Furthermore, the 53-year-old man was killed Thursday while using a hydraulic list at his job at the mall. According to police, the unidentified worker somehow became pinned between the rail of the basket of…
In Glendale, Missouri, a young girl is recovering from a shoulder injury after being struck by a car. In addition, a car at the 700 block of Sappington Road hit the 10-year-old girl Thursday afternoon. The accident happened when the girl was playing with some children in the front yard of a home across…