A 44 year-old North Charleston police officer was released from the hospital earlier this week after he was involved in a car accident Friday morning on Ashley Phosphate Road.

The officer, who is a patrol division supervisor, was struck in his unmarked squad car when a vehicle pulled in front of him. Authorities say that the officer suffered a neck injury and they are unsure of when he will return to work.

According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, a car that had the green light was turning left when it collided with the front of the patrol car. The 30 year-old woman driving the vehicle was given a ticket for failing to yield the right of way.

If you or someone you love has been injured on the job, contact the Charleston workplace injury attorneys of the Steinberg Law Firm today at 843-720-2800.

For six years now, Anderson County's AnMed Health Medical Center has been a part of OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program.

The VPP was established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to recognize companies that have made extra efforts to make the workplace environment safer. Companies a part of the Voluntary Protection Program have employee injuries and illnesses lower than the Bureau of Labor Statistics averages in their respected industries.

In order to be recognized by OSHA's Voluntary Protection Program, a rigorous evaluation by OSHA safety and health inspectors must be done of the workplace. AnMed is the only hospital in the state to be recognized and only one of 13 in the country.

If you have been injured on the job due to an unsafe work environment, contact the Charleston workplace injury lawyers of the Steinber Law Firm at 843-720-2800.

Contracting company Kellogg, Brown, and Root has been under fire recently after the General Inspector for the Department of Defense found nearly a thousand soldiers and government employees had been exposed to sodium dichromate. The inspector blames KBR for not complying with safety and health standards which led to employees being exposed to a known carcinogen for five months.

Sodium dichromate can cause cancer as well as skin and breathing problems. It was used as an anticorrosive compound in an Iraqi water treatment plant soldiers were securing to restore water services. The Oregon National Guard has filed a lawsuit against KBR, claiming the company knowingly exposed servicemen to the toxic substance. KBR denies these allegations.

If you or someone you love has been injured or worse after being exposed to toxic substances while working, contact the Charleston workplace inury lawyers of the Steinberg Lawfirm at 843-720-2800 today.

A man who was formally employeed by Brand Energy Services is suing the company for firing him after he was unable to work because of injuries he suffered while at work.

The man sustained a knee injury as he was walking up a flight of stairs in his office building, and he was told by a doctor that he could return to work as long as he did not perform extreme physical labor. The man was then informed by his employer that he would not be able to return to work with restrictions and forced the man's physician to remove the restrictions. The man returned to work and was fired four days later.

The man is accusing the company of discrimination based on an injury and is suing for workers' compensation.

If you or someone you love has suffered injuries at while working in an office and need help fighting for your workers' compensation, please contact the Charleston office injury lawyers of the Steinberg Law Firm at 843-720-2800.

According to The Sun News, "Former 'Operation Lost Trust' figure Bob Kohn went on trial for mail fraud Monday, accused of helping a maritime welding firm plot to get lower worker's compensation rates."

Kohn served in the House of Representatives in 1990 for North Charleston. The FBI suspected him of membership in a corruption wing. In a plea bargain, Kohn gave up his cohorts in exchange for 15 months in jail.

Current charges suspect that, "as a private insurance consultant, [he] helped fabricate payroll records involving Knight's Services of Summerville for pipefitting and other maritime work it conducted here," reports the Sun News. He allegedly underreported the company's size of staff and payroll. This allowed them to save thousands in insurance costs.

The Sun News writes, "The fraud allegation came to light after an 18-year-old employee of Knight's was killed in December 2005 during a below-decks sewer tank accident while he was working on a ship-refit inside Detyens Shipyard. Four others were hospitalized." The insurers realized that the company's numbers weren't adding up.

If you or someone you know has been injured on the job, call a Charleston Workers' Compensation Lawyer at the Steinberg Law Firm for help collecting your Workers' Compensation.

In Lewisville, Texas, 20 miles outside of Dallas, a park-and-ride transit area was under construction. Early Thursday morning, according to The Dallas Morning News, the Denton County Transportation Authority says, "says the boom on aconcrete pumping truck collapsed onto the four workers." 

The collapse killed two workers. The other two were injured, but their injuries were reportedly not life-threatening. The Transportation Authority has halted construction. They say the area will remain closed until a thorough investigation into this deadly construction accident is conducted.