Workplace Injuries

• JaxPort Employee Injured On The Job 110 Feet Up

  Eddie Farah | August 19, 2009 11:05 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  An industrial accident at the Jacksonville Port Authority led to a dramatic but successful rescue for one injured employee. The unidentified man was working on a 110 foot crane Monday night...

• Florida's Most Dangerous Jobs

  Eddie Farah | January 31, 2009 10:29 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  While the national picture for accidents and deaths on the job decreased by about six percent – Florida’s death rate for workplace fatalities stayed steady from 2006 - about 362 people...

• Dangerous Downtown Condo Collapse Results in Loss Of Life and Lawsuits

  Eddie Farah | January 23, 2009 11:08 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The downtown Berkman Plaza condominium project was abruptly halted in December 2007 when a parking garage collapsed burying one worker under five feet of debris and concrete. Now the condo owner is...

• Florida Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Injured Workers

  Eddie Farah | October 25, 2008 1:59 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday stepped in to help injured workers. Ever since a controversial 2003 reform of the state’s workers’ compensation law, lawyer’s fees have been...

• New Gun Law Sparking Opposition In Florida

  Eddie Farah | July 17, 2008 8:28 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  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...

• OSHA Fines Downtown Contractors After Garage Collapse Kills One

  Eddie Farah | June 05, 2008 12:20 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  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...

• No More Good Hands Allstate Auto Written in Florida

  Eddie Farah | January 16, 2008 8:13 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  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...

• Fireball Erupts at Jacksonville Chemical Company

  Eddie Farah | December 19, 2007 6:29 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  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....

• Garage Collapse Downtown Jacksonville Injures 13 One Missing

  Eddie Farah | December 06, 2007 7:38 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  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...

• Warning: Watch Out for Black Friday

  Eddie Farah | November 21, 2007 6:33 PM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL

  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...