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On Tuesday, Florida got a new law that some feel makes the workplace safer. Others feel it makes the workplace more dangerous. It's a very emotional issue, gun control, so not to go into that...

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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined three downtown Jacksonville contractors for design and construction flaws that caused the December 6th collapse of the Berkman...

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It was a bit of a standoff in Tallahassee today between the state Insurance Commission Kevin McCarty and Allstate executives.Seems they were under subpoena to bring documents into a hearing. They didn't. Allstate decided the request was "irrelevant." McCarty was so angry he suspended Allstate companies from writing any new auto policies.The meeting was supposed to last two-days but was...

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It happened just before 2 p.m.A "hellish inferno" erupted at a chemical company on the Northside of Jacksonville. As of last count, four are dead and 22 are injured many were transported to local hospitals. Tonight reports are everyone has been accounted for. More than 100 firefighters were called to the industrial facility on Faye Road and tonight there are still hot spots they are fighting....

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It happened around 6 a.m. this morning as workers were pouring cement to be used for the new Berkman Plaza II tower.On the fifth and sixth floor of a parking garage next to the area the levels of the walls began collapsing like dominos. Tne entire structure fell upon itself and it looks like a bomb went off.Because it happened at 6am during a shift change, worried loved ones are desperately...

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The day after Thanksgiving is known as Black Friday- the day for stores to open their doors to bargain shoppers looking for holiday discounts.Two years ago it was more than a discount that Cecelia Brannen found. She and her husband were at the Wal-Mart in Starke trying to buy a laptop computer for their daughter.Cecelia was second in line, things looked good. Then she was pushed and pushed...

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They are men with an average age of 35. That's who is most likely to be injured by a nail gun. It sounds like a pretty good excuse to get out of home repairs to me.Duke University researchers find the number of do-it-yourselfers who are unintentionally injuring themselves with multiple firing nail guns, more than tripled between 1991 and 2005. 14,800 per year were recorded according to the...

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It's a dubious distinction. Florida hit the highest number of job-related accidents, mainly around construction sites in 2004. 422 died on the workplace, according to the state. That's more than one a day. You can thank our multi-billion dollar building industry. The numbers were down but not much better in 2005 -- 404 -- still the second highest fatality count. White and hispanic males top...

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Injuries on the job occur daily. You work hard but what happens if you're hurt on the job and can't work? Just like that, you're without income and have no way to make ends meetAll 50 states require employers with 4 or more part-time or full-time employees to provide worker's compensation insurance. Worker's compensation is very tricky. In 1994, Florida legislature amended the workers'...

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The ring of the final bell of the school year means many teens will file into the workplace to make some spending money at their summer jobs. Julie Ferguson at Workers Comp Insider has compiled a list of sites that should help teens stay safe at their workplaces for the next three months and fills us in on some scary facts:Every three minutes, a teen gets hurt at work, and about 70 teens die at...

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