Workers’ compensation may benefit Oklahoma residents

Suffering an injury of any kind could cause considerable difficulties for an individual or family. If a worker is killed on the job due to a work-related accident, the family may be left to deal with emotional and financial struggles. Luckily, workers’ compensation may be able to assist with some of the resulting monetary hardships.

Oklahoma residents may be interested in a case in which a worker in another state was killed. Reports stated that the woman was employed at a hotel and had entered a freezer where she became trapped. The woman’s husband called hotel management after she did not come home, and by the time the woman was found, she had been trapped for 13 hours and died as a result.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration began investigating after the incident and believe that a malfunction caused the woman to become trapped. As a result, the hotel is facing fines, and it has been recommended that procedures be put in place in order to check on workers periodically. This accident has caused much concern from other hotel employees, and they hope that management will take steps to address the potential for hazards.

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