New York patients who receive a late diagnosis of cancer often endure preventable suffering and death. According to the World Health Organization, efforts for early cancer detection have to intensify.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 95% of all single-car/vehicle rollover accidents are due to tripping, meaning that the vehicle slides sideways and prevents the tires from continuing in their projected path. Statistics reveal that SUVs will experience rollover accidents over 75% more than regular vehicles. Additionally, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that though there have been major improvements in standards over the last few years, even the safest SUVs still stand the risk of rolling over than even the least safest coupes or sedans. Common Question about SUV Rollover Accidents and Claims Here is a look at some of the
According to Safety BLR, the risks of workplace injury or workplace fatalities can be impacted by how successful a company is. A business that is doing better tends to have a reduced chance of a worker getting hurt on-the-job. While there are reasons that help to explain why more successful businesses have a better safety record, there is no excuse for this discrepancy. Every employee deserves a safe worksite, even if his employer is not one of the more successful competitors within an industry. No employee should suffer as a result of working for a less successful organization. Every employee is also entitled to work
According to statistics, about 185,000 amputations are conducted each year in the United States. Nearly 2 million people in the country are living with some form of limb loss. The main causes of these amputations are 54% vascular disease (including peripheral arterial disease and diabetes), 45% trauma and lastly, cancer, which is the cause of 2% of these amputations.
Economic growth is a good thing for the country, and a good thing for workers who are able to get better jobs in a more competitive economy. Unfortunately, a new article from Safety News Alert suggests there are some substantial downsides to an improved economy. The biggest downside: more people will die. There are many different reasons why more fatalities happen during good economic times than during bad economic times. One of the big reasons is that more people are hurt or killed at work since there is an increase in employment, especially in higher risk industries like the construction industry. However, it is not
New York residents who are suffering from foot or ankle injuries may be interested in a recent study that shows the long-term effects of misdiagnoses. In some cases, patients who have had their foot and ankle injuries misdiagnosed can suffer from arthritis or even disability later on.
WORK ACCIDENT ENDS IN TRAGEDY LAKEVILLE, NEW YORK (February 1, 2017) – An industrial worker was killed in a fatal accident after becoming trapped in a car, according to the Evening Tribune. The worker has been identified as John Higgins who was an employee for Crop Production Services. John Higgins was unloading fertilizer from a rail car when the chute became jammed. John attempted to clear the hopper rail car but was unsuccessful. Medics arrived at the scene of the accident, but they were not able to revive him. Our thoughts and prayers at the RMFW Law Firm are with the family of John Higgins as
According to statistics, in 2015, there were 11,762 rail accidents and incidents in the United States. These accidents caused 9,013 injuries and 752 fatalities. According to statistics from the Federal Railroad Administration, 96% of all injuries and deaths related to rail accidents and incidents occur at railroad crossings or caused by trespassing. Almost all of these deaths are preventable. Additionally, the FRA reveals that railroad crossing incidents are the second leading cause of fatalities that are rail-related in the US.
Common Questions about Train Accidents
Here is a look at some of the most common questions about train accidents and claims:
Q1: What
According to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it was found that employees that work for offshore oil and gas operations were 7 times more likely to die on the job compared to the average worker in the United States. Have you seen the incredible movie Deepwater Horizon which unlike Star Wars, there is actually substance and meaning but this is another topic? Moreover, what British Petroleum did to that rig and the risks they took were horrendous. The movie Deepwater Horizon depicts this brilliantly. From 2003 to 2010, the CDC tracked fatalities and found that 128 deaths occurred while working
Last February, a 38-year-old was killed while walking to work when a crane collapsed. There were 40 MPH winds on the day of the crane collapse as a storm approached. The crash is under investigation, but in light of the tragic incident, new regulations were put into place in order to try to reduce the chances of a serious accident involving cranes on construction sites. In addition to new regulations being added, an old city law dating back to 1968 also started to be enforced whereas before the rule was mostly ignored. Now, construction groups want the enforcement of the rule to end, and want
