Posts tagged worksite 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...

• 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...

• New Jersey Senate and Assembly Pass New Wrongful Death Bill - However Governor Corzine Vetoes It

  Mike Ferrara | January 17, 2008 1:11 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The New Jersey Senate and Assembly passed changes to the state's 130 year old Wrongful Death bill. The bill then went to the Governor's desk for his signature but he refused to sign it. Under New Jersey law, his failure to sign the bill had the same effect as a veto and the bill died. It will be reintroduced again in the next session of the legislature that began last Tuesday. ...

• Nurses Exposed To Serious Dangers in Hospitals

  Mike Ferrara | December 05, 2007 2:02 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  

  A recent survey of 1000 New Jersey nurses found that more than 25% had a work-related injury within the last five years. 62% were exposed to hard to kill "bugs" like MRSA, 52% had back and other injuries from lifting patients, 33% experienced violence in their hospital or nursing home, 32% suffered needlestick or other exposure to blood-borne pathogens and finally, 15% were exposed to toxic...

• The Ferrara Law Firm, L.L.C.

  Staff Writer | December 04, 2007 10:25 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Since 1972 The Ferrara Law Firm, L.L.C., a New Jersey Personal Injury Lawyer, has protected the rights of people who have been seriously injured by unsafe products, careless doctors and dangerous workplaces. Mr Ferrara is one of the leading New Jersey personal injury lawyers. In additon, he was selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America, and Best Lawyers in New Jersey and New York. ...

• Medical Malpractice Caps In Illinois Found Unconstitutional

  Mike Ferrara | November 14, 2007 10:26 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In a terrific blow to those who hope to place artificial caps on those harmed by bad doctors, an Illinios court struck down the caps and found them to be violative of the Constitution. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Diane Larsen ruled today that Public Act 94-677, the law that imposes arbitrary caps on damages for all victims of medical negligence, violates the Illinois Constitution as an...

• Falls Are Most Common Types Of Contruction Site Injuries

  Mike Ferrara | November 14, 2007 9:04 AM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  According to the National Center for Personal Injury Protection and Control, one out of every 10 US construction workers is accidentally injured every year. In 2003, 400,000 people suffered construction accident injuries so severe that they were forced to miss work that same year. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2005 a total of 4.2 million injuries and illnesses were reported in...