Workplace Injuries
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Why are nursing facility workers prone to injury?
Nursing home workers, skilled nursing facility employees and other nursing facility workers get injured on the job at high rates. In fact, as far as state-run workplaces go, nursing facilities rank at the top for being the most injury-prone. About 8.8…
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How long will it take you to recover from your back injury?
If you have been injured on the job while working in Minnesota, you may have to take time off in order to recover. This is especially true for back injuries, which can affect all other areas of your body, severely…
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Building a better Minnesota for workers
The Minnesota economy was once based largely on agriculture, mining and the fur trade. These are, of course, dangerous professions, and their dwindling popularity means safer workers. However, the shift towards a service-focused workforce is not the only factor contributing to making the state…
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Injuries common among restaurant and food service workers
If you make your living working in a Minnesota restaurant or food service environment, you may know all too well how common aches, pains and other injuries are for those in your line of work. Many of the injuries common…
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What are common myths about workplace injuries?
As an employee in Minnesota, you may sometimes forget that any job you do comes with a certain amount of risk. When it comes to sudden and unfortunate incidents in the workplace, Lindberg Law, P.C., can help dispell factual inaccuracies…
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3 common causes of truck driver injuries
As a truck driver, you are essential to the American economy. Without your hard work, people would not be able to enjoy the accessibility of various consumer goods and groceries that they take for granted. You make a lot of sacrifices…
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Protecting older workers on the job
Minnesota residents may not always consider older workers when they think about workplace injuries. Being older can sometimes cause people to incur more injuries on the job, though, and they may be susceptible to more fatal injuries. Older workers are…
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3 tips for lifting properly at work
Whether you realize it or not, you probably lift throughout the day when you are at work. You may lift small items or entire people, depending on your line of work. Health care, industrial and office workers are all susceptible…
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What Minnesota miners should know about mesothelioma
A 2014 study by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health found that Minnesota taconite miners are at increased risk for developing mesothelioma, a malignant cancer caused by exposure to asbestos. As FindLaw explains, mesothelioma is an incurable cancer caused…
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Occupational hazards faced by today’s nurses
If you make your living working as a nurse, other people count on you regularly to see to it that they stay as healthy as possible. Regrettably, however, your role as a nurse exposes you to injuries and hardships of…