Posts tagged injuries

• Another Workplace Accident Causes Death - OSHA Needs To Get Tougher

  Mike Ferrara | June 25, 2007 12:02 AM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  It's hard to belive, but another contruction site worker fell to his death today in North Dakota. The worker was identified as Terry Helsene, 33, of Minnesota. He fell 20 feet down an elevator shaft at his work place. The Occupational Heath and Safety Administration is investigating. However, OSHA must not be doing a very good job on these cases. There must be stricter penalties for...

• State Farm Wrongfully Denied Katrina Claims

  Ricky Bagolie | September 01, 2006 10:08 PM | 1 CommentJersey City, NJ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Is anyone surprised that a giant insurance company has defrauded it's customers to increase profits? A Houston Chronicle article reports that two sisters working for a State Farm contract company revealed the company's fraudulent tactics to deny Katrina victims' claims. According to their lawyer, the company manipulated engineers' reports of storm damage. Several reports were based on a...

• Your Rights Under New Jersey Workers' Compensation

  Ricky Bagolie | April 06, 2006 1:35 AM | 1 CommentJersey City, NJ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  What is workers' compensation (also known as workers comp)? Laws passed by New Jersey require that your employer, or your employer's insurance company, compensate you, or your family, for injuries or death that may occur while you are working. Speak to a workers' compensation lawyer if you are unsure of your rights or are denied benefits as the consultations are ususally free.Benefits you may...

• Toddler falls from unprotected window in Newark Apartment

  Kate Reilly | September 08, 2009 5:26 PM | 0 CommentsNewark, NJ Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  A Labor Day weekend accident led to the hospitalization of a 3-year-old child from Newark, NJ after he fell from a second-story window at his family apartment located on Columbia Avenue. The family...

• Miami Crane Collapse Kills 2 - Florida Has No Regulations Dealing With Tower Cranes And Crane Operators

  Mike Ferrara | March 25, 2008 10:45 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  As incredible as it seems, 10 days after seven were killed in a New York City crane collapse, the virtually identical thing happened again in Miami. The startling news this time is that Florida does not regulate or license tower cranes and crane operators. Two workers were killed and five were injured when the crane fell 30 stories. Workplace injuries kill and injury thousands each year. ...

• Safety is Job One - Deaths at NYC Construction Site Should Not Have Happened

  Mike Ferrara | March 16, 2008 2:13 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Yesterday's tragic crane collapse in NYC killed four and injured 10. It happened in mid-town Manhattan and could have been much worse. The site at 50th Street and 2nd Avenue is a bustling mid city intersection. The crane was on the 19th floor of a 44 story condo that was being built. There had been prior violations at this work site and neighbors complained that the workers were working...

• Back Pain - Injury or Accident

  Donald Caminiti | February 26, 2008 12:57 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  11/04 Neuroscience article shows objectively that those in chronic pain have resultant cortical atrophy. i.e. the brain shrinks. Great article. It is not the only one, by the way. Here is abstract: 1: J Neurosci. 2004 Nov 17;24(46):10410-5. Chronic back pain is associated with decreased prefrontal and thalamic graymatter density.Apkarian AV, Sosa Y, Sonty S, Levy RM, Harden RN, Parrish TB,...

• 911 Liability - PA Woman With MS Calls 911 When Bed Catches Fire - Her Call Put on Hold And She Burns To Death Waiting

  Mike Ferrara | February 16, 2008 12:59 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)
  

  Everyone around the country must learn about the Brenda Orr tragedy. In Bucks County, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia, Brenda Orr placed a call to 911 when her bed caught on fire. She suffered from MS and was unable to get out of bed. Her 911 call went to the Bucks County dispatchers who could have answered her desparate call for help. Her call rang for 30 seconds and no one answered. ...

• Coming and Going Rule

  Carter Corriston | February 13, 2008 4:03 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  What happens if I am injured on the way to work? Generally, unless you have arrived to your place of employment you will not be eligible to collect under workers compensation for injuries you suffer. This issue often is when are you deemed to have arrived at work. Certainly if your company has parking on the premises the minute you enter the lot you would be deemed to have arrived. Or if you...

• New Jersey Hospitals Kill 42, Seriously Injure 408 in 2006

  Mike Ferrara | January 21, 2008 1:03 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  One of the first things doctors learn in medical school is the old adage that they do no harm. Except in New Jersey. Official state records just released reveal that in 2006 there were 42 persons killed and 408 seriously injured in New Jersey's 78 hospitals. Things are getting worse - in 2005 there were "only" 376 such incidents.The most common events were falls, pressure ulcers, medication...