Every New York worker has the right to work in a safe working environment. When employers do not take the proper precautions to keep employees safe, workplace accidents can occur and lead to injuries. When an employee sustains a workplace injury, that employee is...
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New York man killed electrocuted during workplace accident
A recent workplace accident in East Greenbush, New York has killed one construction worker. The workplace injury occurred early on May 25. The 47-year-old man worked for a construction company based in Troy, New York.Overnight, the man was working on a local road as...
New York-headquartered business fined after injury at plant
Every New York employee has the right to work in a safe work environment, free of safety violations. However, many employees have to face dangerous environments where they can easily suffer a workplace injury.When workplace injuries occur, injured workers have the...
Deceased workers remembered at memorial service
Most New York residents wake up each morning, head to work and expect to safely return home each evening. However, not every worker has this luxury. Many are subjected to dangerous work environments where workplace accidents can easily occur.When there are workplace...
Increases in New York workers’ comp costs threaten system
As this blog has mentioned in the past, New York workers have the right to be compensated for their injuries if they are involved in a workplace injury. This compensation falls under workers' compensation benefits. These benefits include payments for medical bills,...
Officials play the blame game over New York crane collapse
Recently, a crane collapsed in New York. Investigators claim that a failure of the hoist system in the crane is the suspected cause of the tragic construction accident, which led to one death and three injuries.The project was run by the Metropolitan Transit...
Changes to New York workers’ compensation board imminent
In a perfect world, every New York workplace would be completely safe for its employees, and no one would have to worry about what will happen to them if they suffer a workplace injury. Unfortunately, this is not a reality, and workplace injuries do occur.When a...
Possible cuts to workers’ compensation debated in Congress
When a federal employee in New York suffers a workplace injury, he or she is entitled to workers' compensation under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act. These employees, like any injured worker, often rely on workers' compensation to pay for their everyday...
Injured worker compensated after being forced to return to work
Certain safety standards must be upheld in every New York workplace to protect employees -- not just from workplace injuries but also from intimidation and harassment that might follow such an injury. Injured workers should not be faced with the option of either...
New York issues findings on deadly workplace elevator accident
New York City investigators issued a report this week confirming that a gruesome workplace accident on a Manhattan office building elevator might have been prevented. The December accident killed an advertising executive who had just stepped onto the elevator when it...