A 44-year-old man fell off the roof of an apartment building and died on a Wednesday morning late last month. The deceased construction worker was helping to complete an apartment building that was under construction in the Great Falls historic district of Patterson, New Jersey.
The $4 million construction project, known as Park Corners, is intended to offer a more inviting gateway into the...
New Jersey construction workers face some of the most dangerous conditions every day on the job. In comparison with a white collar worker may make double or triple a hardhat, the dangers of the average construction job would almost seem horrific. Nevertheless, construction workers report to duty every day, taking the risks they’ve grown accustomed to being “just part of the...
An 83-year-old construction worker suffered a serious injury that required hospitalization following a workplace accident late last month. The incident happened at the Bell Works construction zone, where a multi-use property is being constructed in Holmdel, New Jersey.
News reports indicate that the elderly man was paving asphalt on a driveway when his paving machine struck a lip of concrete...
Most New Jersey office workers assume that they are not likely to get injured on the job. However, offices are fraught with all manner of dangers — most of them completely preventable — which employees need to be aware of. Let’s take a look at three common office dangers, and what we can start doing now to make sure we’re not the victims of one.
— Slip and fall...
Were you injured on the job? Are you worried that you won’t be able to return to work in the near future? If you find yourself in this position, it’s time to file a workers’ compensation claim. By doing so, you hope that you’ll receive benefits until you’re healthy enough to return to your job.
In a perfect world, you would file a workers’ compensation...
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 established OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, as a part of the Department of Labor. OSHA was created in order to reduce workplace dangers and establish safety standards and health programs.
Under the OSH Act of 1970, workers are afforded specific rights. These include the right to:
— Have access to employee medical...
At the Law Office of Jack L. Stillman, P.A., we have managed the litigation of thousands of matters relating to injured workers. Some of the most common varieties of claims we take on include:
— Repetitive stress injuries: A repetitive stress injury relates to injuries caused by actions that are repeated over and over again by the employee. For example, a baker who is forced to knead...
Let’s say you suffered a catastrophic on-the-job injury at a New Jersey construction site. You’re injured and you can’t go to work for the time being because your injuries are so severe. In fact, maybe you’ll never be able to work again. You’re probably wondering whether you can pursue additional financial damages against an at-fault party in addition to whatever...
Two employees required fingertip amputations at a manufacturing facility in Pennsauken Township this year. The amputations happened after the manufacturing company’s management failed to adhere to warnings that machine guards needed to be installed in order to reduce the chances of such injuries.
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the manufacturing company...
The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) recently announced that it is aiming to reduce the deaths caused by auto accidents completely within the next thirty years.
The federal agency says that this goal of zero traffic deaths is attainable due to recent innovations that can address and potentially remove the main cause of car accidents.
What is the main cause of car crashes? A...
