On behalf of The Law Office of Bryan S. Hawkins | Aug 30, 2017 | Work-related Deaths
Construction work in Georgia is often considered to be extremely dangerous, especially for those who work around high-speed vehicles or on platforms. In fact, the construction industry has the highest number of struck-by deaths out of all U.S. industries. The rate of...
On behalf of The Law Office of Bryan S. Hawkins | Aug 30, 2017 | Blog
If you have been injured on the job, you may be in pain. Perhaps your back hurts because you got slammed against the wall breaking up a fight between students at school. Maybe your knees ache due to repetitive movements at your janitor job. Whatever the case, you...
On behalf of The Law Office of Bryan S. Hawkins | Aug 24, 2017 | Workplace Injuries
Georgia workers who routinely work with water pipes should know that researchers at Purdue University believe that a commonly used method to repair water pipes is not as safe as originally believed. According to the researchers, the cured-in-place pipe repair method...
On behalf of The Law Office of Bryan S. Hawkins | Aug 17, 2017 | Work-related Deaths
While the following story happened outside the country, it still has some details that are worth discussing regardless of where it occurred. National boundaries do not prevent work accidents from happening, nor will they save someone from a fatal work accident.This...
On behalf of The Law Office of Bryan S. Hawkins | Aug 16, 2017 | Blog
Yoga has been around a long time. About 5,000 years to be relatively exact. Begun in India as a stretching and mindfulness exercise before one sat to mediate, it first became widely known in the US in 1893. While yoga saw an upsurge in the 1960s, more recently...