79 percent of occupational injuries are related to cranes, hoists, and derricks, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. Cranes also fall over once in every 10,000 hours of use in New York. Crane operators are at a high risk...
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Workplace Injuries
What responsibilities fall on an injured worker?
An employee might walk into an office building, warehouse, hospital, or another work location in New York and suffer an injury. New York provides options for filing a no-fault workers' compensation claim, but do not assume the process comes without deliberate steps or...
Caught-in and caught-between injuries are often catastrophic
In order to track statistical risks faced by workers in various industries, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) differentiates among different kinds of accidents. It then tracks the number of injuries and deaths that occur in those industries as a...
How workers can be injured by exposure to chemicals
Employers in New York and throughout the country are required to keep their employees safe from potential hazards. As a general rule, working near toxic chemicals qualifies as a potential hazard. There are various ways that you could be hurt while handling or...
The winter months come with more risk for many workers
New York is often subject to extreme winter weather. Even in mild years, freezing precipitation and slushy roads can inconvenience and even endanger workers around the state. Whether you drive for a living or do part of your job responsibilities outside, you could be...
Truck transportation is the deadliest of all industries
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...
Sharps injuries are a serious risk for medical workers
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...
A concussion is a traumatic brain injury
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...
Lifting a manhole cover could lead to injuries: Here’s how
When you’re working in or around manholes, then one thing you have to be concerned about is the risk of injury. According to PERMA in New York, the average cost of an injury caused by lifting a manhole cover is $14,838. Each year, approximately 15 people make claims...
The top four causes of construction worker deaths
It seems that there is always construction work going on in New York City. Whether it is renovating a building or fixing our streets it goes without saying that construction work is incredibly important. However, construction work can also be very dangerous. The...