Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Won For Injured New Yorkers
When you’re working with your construction crew, one thing you have to do is make sure that the equipment you’re using is safe. Whether it’s a ladder or a piece of scaffolding, you’ll want to check it over and be positive that it looks like it’s in good condition. One...
Loading docks can be some of the most dangerous places to work in New York. In 2018, over 6,000 people suffered injuries at loading docks, requiring them to miss work and file for workers' compensation. How can people remain safe while still getting the job done on...
Your boss knows that you’re supposed to wear eye protection on the job. However, you already wear prescription glasses to work every day. Your boss neglects to give you any eye protection and says you should be fine with the glasses that you have. Is this true, or are...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released a report on workplace deaths in 2018 and ranked the industries with the highest fatality rates. Residents of New York should know that the truck transportation industry came at the top with a rate of 28 deaths per 100,000...
When construction teams are working, it’s very important that each and every person has the right personal protective equipment (PPE). If they don’t for some reason, then they could be badly hurt by falling, getting cut or burned or suffering some other kind of...
New York, New York, September 29, 2020 — Ariella Herman with Katz, Leidman, Freund & Herman has been nominated and approved for selection as a 2020 Distinguished Advocate for Workers’ Compensation. This award is by invitation only and bestowed to lawyers that have...
Nurses, doctors, phlebotomists and others who work around sharps in a hospital or any other medical environment must ensure that they’re always following the proper safety protocol for this task. There’s a risk that they will be stuck if they aren’t safe and if they...
If you have worked in a factory, a construction site, in a mine or in another high-risk workplace, you may have been exposed to toxic chemicals at some point in your career. Whether this exposure was recently or several decades ago, the effect of the exposure could...
Most of the time, when someone gets hurt on the job, they get benefits through workers' compensation. However, there are situations in which it may be possible for the victim of a workplace injury to bring a civil lawsuit against their employer or a third party for...
For years, perhaps decades, people thought of concussions as relatively minor injuries. They would say things about how someone “got their bell rung” or how they needed to “walk it off.” We knew that workers who suffered from concussions were injured, but there was...
