Employers in New Jersey should know that some safety agencies are warning against pinch points in the workplace. These refer to any area where workers or their body parts are liable to become stuck. It can be between two moving parts of machinery, between one moving part and one stationary part, or between material and some part of the machine. Employers will want to know, then, how to prevent...

Following a seven-year effort to address trench and excavation accidents, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the issue to be the organization’s primary focus for 2018. This effort includes a national stand down on excavation work to facilitate a safety dialogue in New Jersey and across the United States. It’s not hard to understand the reasoning behind...

Most New Jersey workers — especially New Jersey hardhats — know that they can apply for lost wages benefits in the event that they suffer an employment-related injury that renders them unable to work or hold down a job. Beyond this information, however, workers are generally clueless about how much money they can receive, how long they can receive it and what kind of wage...

Employers and employees in New Jersey should learn the exact definition of “employee.” This will ensure that workers know their rights and protections in terms of an on-the-job injury. If, for example, you are not a legal “employee,” then you will not be able to receive workers’ compensation benefits in the event of a work-related injury. Workers need to educate...

Any New Jersey worker can suffer an on-the-job injury. In most of these cases, when the injuries are serious enough to require medical care, the worker can get workers’ compensation benefits to cover the costs associated with that care. In some cases, a workers’ compensation lawyer is necessary to help injured employees seek the benefits they deserve. Workers’ compensation...

When you look at a crane being used at any New Jersey construction site, it’s immediately clear how dangerous these giant pieces of machinery are. One false move, and a crane could fall off balance and come crashing down. Alternatively, a crane might drop a piece of debris to the ground or strike someone with its boom. According to the federal Occupational Safety and Health...

When you get hurt on the job, you might need to take some time off work to get medical care and fully recover from your injuries. In most cases, New Jersey workers can file workers’ compensation claim to get financial assistance to pay for their medical care. Did you know — if you need to spend an extended time away from work recovering from injuries — that you can pursue...

Tendinitis is a common injury in New Jersey workplaces that involve repetitive motion. When the same movement is repeated over and over again, it doesn’t even matter if it’s a soft or hard motion. It can cause a repetitive use injury. Interestingly, 50 percent of all athletic-caused injuries happen as a result of repetitive motion injuries. Actions like tossing a basketball,...

Replacing your boring and normal office chair with a big, round, colorful exercise ball is definitely tempting. Some might even tell you it’s more comfortable and better for your health to bounce up and down on an exercise ball. However, what does the scientific evidence say? Because exercise balls have become popular office alternatives to chairs in the last decade, there has been a...

Last Monday, Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a measure that would have protected the workers’ compensation rights of prison guards hurt on the job. The bill would have reversed “fiscal responsibility” measures enacted by Christie during his first term — measures that stripped many injured public workers of their benefits rights. The bill would have provided full benefits to...