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It took years of work, but with the signing of H.B. 17-1229 last month, first responders and other workers in Colorado can now get workers’ compensation benefits for job-related post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Colorado thus joins a small number of states that recognize PTSD as a compensable work illness. The problem with PTSD and…

A Colorado family may pursue financial assistance through the workers’ compensation insurance system for the state in the aftermath of a workplace tragedy. A claim for death benefits may be appropriate following the recent death of a construction worker. Authorities say this was the third fatality within two months that could be linked to oil and…

Every year, about 4,000 people are killed while working in the U.S. and about 4 million suffer injuries. To honor those who have died in workplace accidents and to underscore the need for workplace safety, the AFL-CIO established Workers’ Memorial Day on April 28, 1970. Every year since then, April 28 has been designated as…

More likely to get injured + less likely to survive the accident   What a drag it is getting old, as the Beatles sang. For senior citizens in the workforce, aging is not just a drag but a job hazard. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the overall death rate for workers over the…

Some workplace accidents end in minor injuries that require a bandage and nothing more. Others may require a short break, but an employee is ready and able to return to work after that moment of rest. There are other accidents in Denver, however, that end with a worker’s death. An on-the-job death is not only…

The telecommunications giant, Verizon, was recently sanctioned by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA imposed fines of more than $140,000 for safety violations on the company following the death by electrocution of one of the company’s technicians last year. The fines were the highest OSHA had in its power to impose. Though the…