Workers’ compensation does pay for lost wages in situations where covered workers sustained a workplace injury that is work-related, but the amount will not be the full amount of your wages. The amount of wages that workers’ comp will pay is limited by certain factor...
A Section 32 settlement in New York is an agreement between an injured worker and their employer's insurance company or a third-party administrator responsible for processing workers' compensation payments. This agreement is a mutually-agreed-upon contract between injured laborer and employer guaran...
Working in construction is the most dangerous job in New York, Bureau of Labor Statistics information shows. Of all occupations in the state and city, construction leads the way when it comes to fatalities. And deaths and injuries in construction are continuing to increase. CBS2 New York reported in...
Statistics show that many workers face risks on the job, especially in industries such as construction, transportation and others. For temp workers, the risks are even higher than for regular employees, as reported recently in the National Safety Council’s Safety + Health magazine. Accor...
An article in a recent issue of the National Safety Council’s Safety and Health Magazine examined the on-the-job risk of injury or death to temporary, or contract, workers. According to the article, the Bureau of Labor Statistics defines a contract worker as one who is “employed by one firm but ...
Workplace falls are a leading cause of death for construction workers. In 2017, 971 construction workers died on the job and 388 of those tragic accidents were in falls, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Thousands more suffered inj...
Elevator-related construction fatalities are increasing, according to a recent report by the Center for Construction Research and Training. The number of construction workers who have died while assembling or disassembling, repairing, maintaining or otherwise working around elevators has doubled bet...
For many years, construction has been universally accepted as one of the most dangerous occupations in the U.S. There are many ways workers can be injured, either catastrophically or over time. Exposure to silica – the mineral compound silicon dioxide – is found in two forms: crystalline andr no...
Safety-wise in New York State, 2017 wasn’t as good a year as many involved in the construction industry had hoped for, according to the
Fleets of privately-owned garbage trucks race through New York City’s streets every night. It’s clear to many onlookers that several of these vehicles are in poor repair. Some are routinely declared unsafe and pulled off the road by government regulators, only to resume their routes a few days l...
Concerns Continue in NYC over Sanitation Industry’s Safety Record