Does Your Trucking Company Treat You Like Its Most Valuable Resource?

Does your trucking company treat you like their most valuable resource?Has anyone else come across a trailer with this message?  We recently snapped this picture just outside of Joplin, Missouri.  The trailer has an important message - truck drivers really are the most valuable resource of any trucking company.  Without truck drivers, goods wouldn't move, [...]

Shoulder, Elbow, and Wrist Injuries Are Painful Injuries That Prevent Truckers From Working

Shoulder, elbow and wrist injuries (often referred to upper extremity injuries) are common among professional truck drivers.  The injuries can be terribly painful and can make working as a professional truck driver impossible.  For example, a trucker with a torn rotator cuff or nerve damage or impingement in the wrist or elbow may be unable [...]

Trucking Companies Are Required To Pay For Medical Care For Truckers Injured In Work Related Accidents

Hurt truck drivers often face overwhelming obstacles in receiving medical care.  Trucking companies often fire truckers who are injured and cannot work.  When fired, the truck driver loses employment benefits, including health insurance benefits.  The trucker can retain health insurance coverage for a period of time by paying for COBRA benefits, but those benefits are [...]

Social Media Can Damage Personal Injury and Workers’ Compensation Claims

Our technology blog this week focuses on the impact (sometimes negative) that social media can have on your personal injury or workers’ compensation claim.  Social Media Mistakes Can Damage Personal Injury and Workers Comp CasesThe internet has changed the way we live our lives in innumerable ways.  Information is more accessible than at any time [...]

Trucking and Your Back – Avoiding Injuries

Last week, we posted "Trucking and Your Back - A Painful Combination."  In that post, we highlighted how common back injuries are in the trucking industry.  Back injuries account for over 37% of all musculoskeletal injuries in truck drivers.  In this week's post, we share some tips, tricks, and resources to help truckers avoid these [...]

Trucking and Your Back – A Painful Combination

Back pain is common in our country.  Over 80% of Americans have complained of back pain at some point in their lives.  For truck drivers, back injuries are even more common and the pain can make it impossible to continue driving a truck. Hurt Trucker Attorneys Back Injuries The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that [...]