The Rainy Season is Approaching
It’s not a closely held secret that many Southern Californians simply don’t know how to drive in the rain. The winter months see more auto accidents, longer commute times, and jam-packed freeways...
View ArticleNurses Experiencing Higher Risk of Workplace Injury
As hospital budgets are slashed across the country, assaults on nurses and other hospital staff have seen a marked increase. An under-reported side effect of the economic downturn, many states are...
View ArticleTragedy at Baxter International plant in Atwater Village
Two men were seriously injured and one man was killed last Friday in a tragic workplace accident at the Baxter International plant in Atwater Village. Two workers were cleaning a tank used to store...
View ArticleDeadly Collision Highlights Dangers for Road Crews
In a senseless tragedy, two highway workers were killed early Sunday Morning in Torrance. Two drunk drivers collided with each other on the 405 North, sending one of the vehicles directly in to a road...
View ArticleShocking Workplace Accident Under Investigation
Safety officials from the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal-OSHA) are investigating an accident at a Bumble Bee Foods seafood plant in Santa Fe Springs. The accident claimed...
View ArticleElectrical Worker Killed in Industrial Accident in Menifee
A Southern California Edison (SCE) worker was killed and three other workers were injured in an industrial accident at a Menifee electrical substation on the morning of Thursday, April 25th. The...
View ArticleBoiler Explosion at Power Plant Injures 2 Workers
A biomass power plant in Northern California suffered a catastrophic mechanical failure, causing a boiler to explode, injuring two workers, one seriously, on Wednesday, May 29th. The seriously injured...
View ArticleThis Week (September 20) in Product Recalls
The past month has had 20 new product recalls issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. If you or a loved one has been injured by a dangerous product, contact The Law Offices of Larry H. Parker...
View ArticleContractor Killed While Working in Utlity Vault in Huntington Beach
A man identified as Brandon Orozco, 28, of Whittier, was killed Monday, September 30th, when the utility vault he was working on suddenly electrified and caught fire. The rest of the utility...
View ArticleRoad Worker Hospitalized after Struck by Drunk Driver
A contractor with the Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Lighting Bureau was hospitalized in critical condition after he was struck by a drunk driver near LAX early Thursday, November 7th. The...
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Partner Law Firm Wins Huge Workers’ Rights Case
The Law Offices of Larry H. Parker works with a talented team of attorneys and law firms to best represent the legal needs of our clients. For workers’ compensation cases, we work with the experienced...
View ArticleExplosion at Company in Corona Kills 1, Injures 1
One person was killed and one person was seriously injured after an explosion at a tanker truck manufacturer in Corona on Wednesday, May 7th. The deceased victim has been identified as Samuel Enciso,...
View ArticleBridge Over the 91 Collapses in Riverside, Killing 1
A construction worker was killed when a bridge his crew was demolishing collapsed onto the 91 Freeway in Riverside early Sunday, May 18th. The bridge collapse occurred around 3:15 a.m. between Central...
View ArticleSteel Beam Falls During Freeway Construction, Injures 1
A steel beam fell during overnight construction onto the 405 Freeway in Seal Beach early Wednesday, June 18th. A Caltrans employee was seriously injured in the workplace accident. The worker had been...
View ArticleConstruction Worker Killed at Mission Viejo High School
A construction worker trying to hang a banner at Mission Viejo High School from a 30-foot-high scaffold was electrocuted after contacting live electrical wires on Thursday, July 17th. He has been...
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Daylight Saving Time Increases Injury Rates
Losing that hour of sleep can do more than make everyone just a little tired for a week. Turns out that daylight savings can cause an increased risk of injury. There’s a 17% increase in car crash...
View ArticleAn Unjust Workers’ Compensation System
ProPublica, an independent, non-profit newsroom producing investigative journalism has written an article detailing the disastrous effects of a workers’ compensation system that doesn’t benefit...
View Article11 Hospitalized after Gas Pipeline Explodes in Fresno
At least 15 people were injured, with 11 people hospitalized when a large gas pipeline exploded at the Fresno County Sheriff’s gun range, shooting flames over 100 feet into the sky on Friday, April...
View ArticleTwo Managers Face Criminal Charges From Industrial Accident
Two managers working at Bumble Bee Foods face up to three years in prison and a $250,000 fine stemming from a 2012 industrial accident at the Santa Fe Springs plant. On October 11, 2012, a maintenance...
View Article9 Workers Injured in Bridge Collapse
Nine workers on a construction operation on the 91 Freeway were injured, three critically, when a bridge deck unexpectedly dropped more than a foot after a jacking operation failed late Friday,...
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