Health, Safety & Personal Injury Law Blog
October 18, 2022 • Injury Law
5 Common Workplace Injuries
According to the National Safety Council, every 7 seconds in America, an employee is injured at work. In 2020 alone, there were 4 million work-related injuries requiring medical attention, costing a whopping $164 billion. And as injury-at-work lawyers, we know statistics like these don’t account for the effects of common workplace injuries on the personal…
read moreOctober 14, 2022 • Injury Law
Single Vehicle Accident in Putnam County, WV Results in Death
Putnam County – WV On Wednesday, October 12, 2022, around lunchtime, a deadly single-vehicle accident occurred near the intersections of Charleston Road and McLane Pike in the Red House area of Putnam County, West Virginia. The vehicle hit a utility pole, and a 36-year-old lady who was a passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. …
read moreOctober 12, 2022 • Injury Law
Pedestrian Struck in Charleston, WV Hospitalized
CHARLESTON, WV — A pedestrian was struck by a car on Charleston’s West Side at the intersection of Florida Street and Washington Street on October 11, 2022, right around 1:30 p.m. Charleston Police Department reported that the pedestrian may have suffered a broken ankle and was taken to the hospital. The pedestrian received a citation…
read moreOctober 3, 2022 • Injury Law
WV Tractor-Trailer Accident in Rain Closes I-79
CHARLESTON, WV — A tractor-trailer accident closed the northbound lanes on West Virginia’s I-79 at about the 7-mile marker. It was raining and the road conditions were wet, but no conclusive cause of the accident is known yet. No injuries were reported at the time of the tractor-trailer crash, according to Metro 911. Free Consultation…
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