Climbing high ladders and lifting heavy loads for a living can lead to painful workplace injuries. But sometimes the conditions and repetitive motions involved with a desk job can be the reason a lingering pain kept you awake all night.
If you believe you might be suffering from a repetitive strain injury (RSI), then it’s best to act fast. It’s also important to note that a workers’ comp...
Medical treatments for work-related injuries evolve over time. Consistent with the national trend toward validating medical marijuana, a New Jersey appellate court ruled that an employer must reimburse an injured construction worker for the costs of medical marijuana used to treat a work-related injury under the state’s workers’ compensation law.
The 28-year-old worker was injured at a...
Firefighters have a noble occupation. Whether it’s saving people from burning buildings, damaged cars or overdoses, many put their time and lives on the line to assist their communities.
However, these daily acts of bravery can take a toll on their mental health. According to Reuters, nearly half of U.S. firefighters experience burnout and mental health problems that stem from long...
Workers’ compensation benefits are vital benefits for many injured workers and their families to help guide them through the recovery process as they recover from injuries suffered on-the-job. Workers’ compensation benefits can also help spouses and children who have suffered the loss of their spouse or parent at work. As a result, it is important for injured workers and their families to be...
As New Jersey residents are aware, extreme temperatures rarely affect their work schedule. Regardless of whether the temperature is sub zero or topping 100 degrees, work must continue and a living must be made. In fact, there are some occupations there find themselves swamped during the winter season, such as snow shoveling, clearing snow from roofs and snow blowing. Even those who are not in...
A shift from manual labor to automation has created new potential hazards for workers in New Jersey warehouses. For instance, interactions between autonomous forklifts and human floor workers could result in a serious injury. The injury rate for warehouse employees is 5.1 per 100 full-time workers, and the number of warehouse deaths doubled between 2015 and 2017. Therefore, warehouse managers...
Workers in New Jersey who are exposed to loud noise may need to be given two forms of hearing protection at the same time. This is known as double hearing protection, and it typically means that an employee will wear an earplug and an earmuff simultaneously. It is important that employers offer protection that is tailored to the type of work employees perform and the environment in which those...
The health and safety of workers in New Jersey and throughout the nation are likely influenced by several factors. This is according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of Washington. The study used data from the General Social Survey that was collected from 2002 to 2014 to come to its conclusions. It found that those who had jobs labeled as dead-end or precarious were more...
Lead is a metal that can be found in industries like construction, manufacturing, wholesale trade and transportation. It is used in solder, plumbing fixtures, building materials, ammunition, lead-acid batteries and more. Employers in New Jersey should be aware that OSHA has set a permissible exposure limit for lead in the workplace. However, OSHA has also established an action level, at which...
New Jersey residents who work around machinery probably know what pinch points, or nip points, are. These are the points where workers, or parts of their body, are in danger of coming into contact with either the moving parts of a machine or one moving part and one stationary part. These points include gears, belt drives and pulleys.
The construction and textile industries are rife with...
