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The Ministry of Labor and Industry (L&I) has many initiatives and incentives. L&I develops incentive programs for employers to mitigate premium increases due to L&I damage costs. A program encourages employers to keep…

Construction workers face many potential hazards in their work environment. For example, heavy lifting, awkward postures, and repetitive work activities. Other examples include reaching heights, working in confined spaces, hazardous…

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Personal injury claims are made to hold the negligent party accountable for the damage they caused. Pain and suffering are part of the compensation that is provided in a personal injury claim. But what is it? Pain and suffering is the…

The Department of Labor and Industry (L&I) has an ongoing security research project for contract workers. The aim of the project is to better understand the high frequency of their work accidents. Research project on work accidents…

The Department of Labor and Industry (L&I) conducts investigations and maintains data on the compensation claims of all workers in Washington state. In fact, the L&I incident information database contains data from 2007 to 2020.…

As a labor compensation attorney in Washington state, I see a lot of L&I claims related to truck driver accidents at work. I can also confirm that truck accidents at work can be serious and costly. In my experience, slips, trips and…

Injuries to the knee in the workplace are very common in the employee compensation ecosystem. The Ministry of Labor and Industry (L&I) examined the frequency of knee claims from 1999 to 2007. In summary, they found that 7% of all…

If you get injured at work and think that it will only affect you, think again. Unfortunately, your injury will affect your family as well. Because of this, it is of the utmost importance that you hire a top employee compensation…

Work accidents and workplace illnesses with shoulders are quite common. In fact, there are many ways that shoulder work injuries can occur. There are also many industrial disease processes that affect the shoulders. For example, when…