A January 2013 crane accident in New York injured seven people, including three construction workers who had to be extricated, according to news reports. Authorities say the cause may have been an overweight load. [Read more…]
Website Wins U.S. Department of Labor App Challenge
A website designed to offer young workers information on common workplace hazards has won the grand prize in the U.S. Department of Labor’s Worker Safety and Health App Challenge. The Labor Department sponsored the challenge to raise awareness among young, tech-savvy workers about the importance of workplace safety. It challenged workers to submit tools or apps that would “best demonstrate the importance of recognizing and preventing workplace safety and health hazards, and help young people understand their rights in the workplace.” [Read more…]
OSHA Issues Warning About Carbon Monoxide Exposure
Construction workers face difficult job conditions. Cold, rain, sleet, snow – nothing stops a construction site when a deadline is looming. Not surprisingly, New York and New Jersey construction workers usually work straight through the cold, snowy winter months when work is available. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration wants to make sure that all workers, including construction workers, take necessary precautions against carbon monoxide exposure during the winter months. [Read more…]
Falls a Frequent Cause of Construction Deaths
Falls, slips and trips consistently rank at the top of the list of causes of fatal construction accidents, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In 2011, 666 workers lost their lives as a result of falls, slips or trips, accounting for 14 percent of all workplace fatalities. Most of the deaths involved workers falling to a lower level. [Read more…]
Asserting Your Rights Against the New Jersey Tort Claims Act
The New Jersey Tort Claims Act governs personal injury actions asserted against public entities. N.J.S.A. 59:8-8 requires that a notice of claim be filed within 90 days of the accrual of your legal claim. The notice requirement is a perquisite for filing a personal injury lawsuit against a public entity. Ordinarily, the accrual date is “the date on which the accident occurs” Fuller v. Rutgers, The State University, 154 N.J. Super. 420, 423 (App. Div. 1977). Due to the 90 day notice requirement, accident victims are well served to promptly seek out legal representation after an accident whenever a public entity may be involved. [Read more…]
Large Pain and Suffering Award upheld in First Department Decubitis Ulcers
Decubitis ulcers, also known as pressure ulcers or bedsores, are localized injuries to the skin and/or underlying tissue usually over a bony prominence, as a result of pressure, or pressure in combination with shear and/or friction. Most commonly this will be the sacrum, coccyx, heels or the hips, but other sites such as the elbows, knees, ankles or the back of the cranium can be affected. [Read more…]
If you filed a lawsuit for a prior accident, will that make you look bad to a jury?
Some individuals go through life without ever suffering an injury as a result of someone else’s negligence. On the other end of the spectrum, some individuals are injured multiple times throughout their life. [Read more…]
Worksite Injuries and Accidents Up In New York City
The number of jobsite accidents and injuries in New York City and the surrounding areas has increased significantly just as the city has reduced oversight of worksites, according to a report by the Daily News. Specifically, city records show that jobsite accidents in New York City jumped from 119 in fiscal 2011 to 157 in fiscal 2012, an increase of 31 percent, while the number of injuries rose from 128 to 187, an increase of 48 percent. [Read more…]
Fault May Be Widespread in Transit Accidents
Mass transit accidents are complicated from a legal perspective because numerous individuals and companies could be at fault. If someone’s negligence caused, or contributed, to a crash, then they can be held accountable for ensuing injuries. [Read more…]
Crane Accidents Concern Safety Experts
The construction industry lags behind only the transportation industry in the number of work-related accidents each year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Crane accidents, in particular, have been a focal point for safety experts over the past decade because of the sharp increase in their number and severity nationwide. According to the BLS, there were 72 fatal crane-related accidents nationwide in 2006 and hundreds of injuries. [Read more…]
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