Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Won For Injured New Yorkers
When we think of workplace injuries, we think of falls or machinery accidents. What a lot of people fail to understand is that sometimes, injuries or illness caused by repetitive stress can be considered a workplace injury as well. What is a repetitive stress injury?...
Injuries related to heat stress killed 815 workers in New York and around the country between 1992 and 2017 according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The dangers of workplace heat are covered by OSHAs general protections, but the agency has yet...
Workplace accidents occur every single day in New York in all different industries. Dock workers are no exception to that rule. If you work on a loading dock, there are a whole set of challenges you face while performing the regular tasks of your job. Although not...
More than 27,000 Amazon employees in New York and around the country were injured on on-the-job accidents in 2020 according to figures from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and many of them were warehouse workers. Large fulfillment centers can be...
A crowded warehouse could be a busy New York workplace as people, equipment and vehicles continually come and go. Warehouse employees might find the work rewarding, but this environment comes with risks. Specific injuries are common among warehouse professionals....
Health care workers run into many occupational risks that those outside the profession may never consider. Most people realize that a registered nurse, a physical therapist, or another professional could contract a virus from exposure to patients. Not everyone...
There are many occupations in New York that require regular use of the body, many times significantly affecting the joints. Arthritis can actually develop in all joints, and manual labor jobs can put stress on all of them to some degree. The problem is that workers'...
Employees in New York rely on workers' compensation benefits after being hurt or becoming sick on the job. Although these benefits exist to pay for medical care and sometimes lost income after workplace accidents or dangerous exposures, insurance companies look for...
New York construction workers are at a higher risk for being injured on the job than many other workers. Due to the consistent change in working environments, there are many different types of injuries that construction workers may experience while on the job. There...
Lifting a heavy object could cause an immediate injury, and now a New York worker finds him or herself facing recovery time. Some workers might feel additional worries beyond concerns about healing: They may think about the medical expenses and other bills....
