On the Job Injury

Hot off the presses: motorcycle helmets don’t just save lives, they save money as well-a lot of money. When someone is involved in a motorcycle accident, the last thing on the injured biker’s mind is money, and yet in our society, money talks. So the Center for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a study from […]

To be eligible for Social Security Disability (SSD) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, you must have physical or mental health impairments (or a combination of impairments) severe enough to keep you from working in any regular, paying job for at least 12 months. The severity of your disability is not measured by whether or […]

South Carolina gets low marks when it comes to preventing injury-linked deaths, according to a new study. In a new report titled “The Facts Hurt: A State-By-State Injury Prevention Policy Report,” nearly half of the states scored five or lower out of 10 in an injury report card. South Carolina scored 3 out of 10, […]

West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio scored five or lower on a set of 10 key indicators of steps states can take to prevent injuries, according to new report examining injury deaths in the United States. The report released by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation examines what states do in […]