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NY Contractors Face OSHA Fines

Gary Silverstein October 27, 2016

When a work injury or a workplace fatality happens, a New York City construction accident attorney can help victims of the injury and their families to pursue a claim for benefits. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) can also conduct an investigation into the cause of the workplace accident or injury in order to determine if any safety rules were violated. OSHA not only conducts inspections and investigations after an injury, but also does routine investigation and responds to safety complaints. When OSHA identifies a problem on a worksite, the agency can levy fines against those responsible for violations of safety regulations. Construction Dive

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Our New York City Construction Accident Lawyers Review Recent Developments in Construction Safety

Robert Wolff October 26, 2016

The construction industry is a dangerous one and employees within this field face a substantial risk of being hurt on the job or of being killed at work.  It is important for workers to reach out to New York City construction accident lawyers to understand what their rights are if an injury happens.  Workers may also wish to be aware of news and developments regarding safety in the construction field.  Just recently, for example, Occupational Health & Safety published a summary of important milestones and developments that occurred in the construction industry over the course of 2015 and 2016. A Look at Construction Safety News

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Transfer from hospital to nursing home risky for patients

Robert Wolff October 26, 2016

When geriatric patients in New York and around the country return to their nursing homes after a hospitalization, they enter a danger zone for medical errors. When the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services studied data from 2014 about these patient transfers, researchers discovered that close to 25 percent of the people with complicated medical conditions experienced harm within a few days after returning to their nursing facilities. Inadequate follow-up care or monitoring and medication mistakes accounted for the majority of these incidents.

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A Look at Workers’ Comp Appeals: Are They Successful for Workers?

Gary Silverstein October 25, 2016

Injured workers in New York should be able to receive medical coverage and certain other benefits after work injuries or illnesses occur. Unfortunately, there are circumstances in which injured workers have their claims denied and are not provided with the benefits that they deserve.  There are also situations in which a worker is denied coverage for a legitimate medical treatment that he needs because of his workplace accident or workplace illness, as well as times when workers are forced back to work before they are truly ready to go. When adverse actions are taken against you in a workers’ comp claim, like a denial of

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When Should Workplace Deaths Lead to Criminal Actions?

Gary Silverstein October 24, 2016

When a Virginia CEO was sentenced to a year of imprisonment after his company’s safety failures were found to have caused the deaths of 29 miners, the story made headlines. The story was newsworthy not because he got such a short sentence of one year for 29 deaths, but because it was so unusual for a CEO to face any type of criminal action as a result of a workplace fatality. Usually, when a worker dies, a New York workers’ compensation law firm can help surviving family members to get benefits and OSHA may institute fines — but this will be the extent of the

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Medical diagnoses in the hands of computers

Robert Wolff October 24, 2016

People depend on doctors to provide reliable health care. Unfortunately, many individuals across New York and the rest of the United States are faced with misdiagnoses every year. This leads to patients undergoing sometimes expensive and dangerous treatments that do them no good.

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BRONX: Carmen Puello Killed In Car Accident After School Bus Ran Her Over By West Fordham Road near Sedgwick Avenue In University Heights

Gary Silverstein October 24, 2016

FATAL BUS ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION BRONX, NEW YORK (October 24, 2016)  A 43-year-old woman was killed after being struck by a yellow school bus as she was crossing the street in University Heights, according to ABC New. Police have been able to identify the woman that died in the crash as Carmen Puello. Authorities are saying that Carmen Puello was knocked over by the 2007 Ford school bus before being run over in the accident. She was crossing in a marked crosswalk near West Fordham Road and Sedgwick Avenue at the time of the collision. The bus driver was making a right turn onto Sedgwick Avenue when he struck Carmen

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HARFORD: Alicia Stocks Killed In Car Accident After Semi-Truck Caused Rear End Collision on Interstate 81

Robert Wolff October 24, 2016

HARFORD, PENSYLVANIA (October 24, 2016)  A woman and her two children were killed in a tragic truck accident after the car that she was driving was rear-ended by a tractor trailer, according to ABC News. Authorities have been able to identify the woman that died as Alicia Stocks. State police are saying that the big rig truck struck the car shortly after 3:00 AM. She was transported to the Geisinger Community Medical Center where she was later pronounced dead. The names and ages of the children that died in the accident weren’t immediately released. Two other passengers from the car as well as the truck were taken

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MANHATTAN: Bella-Yury Krementsova Dead After MTA Bus Accident By Trinity and Exchange

Robert Wolff October 23, 2016

BUS DRIVER ARRESTED AFTER FATAL CRASH MANHATTAN, NEW YORK (October 22, 2016)  A woman was killed in a tragic MTA bus accident after the driver struck her and dragged her for several blocks, according to ABC News. Authorities have been able to identify the woman that died as Bella-Yury Krementsova. The accident happened on Friday evening in lower Manhattan. The bus initially hit the pedestrian near Whitehall and Water streets. Bella-Yury Krementsova was dragged nearly a half mile to Trinity Place near Exchange Alley. Onlookers tried frantically to get the bus drivers attention so that he would stop. The bus driver was later arrested and charged with failing

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MANHATTAN: Bella-Yury Krementsova Killed In MTA Bus Crash Near Broadway After Being Dragged Several Blocks

Robert Wolff October 23, 2016

FATAL ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION MANHATTAN, NEW YORK (October 22, 2016)  A pedestrian was killed in a fatal bus accident after a QM7 MTA bus crashed into her at Trinity Place and Exchange Place, according to ABC News. Police have been able to identify the woman that died as Bella-Yury Krementsova. According to the New York Police Department Bella-Yury Krementsova sustained severe trauma to hear head and body and was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision. Witnesses tried frantically to get the bus driver’s attention. It appears that he wasn’t aware that he hit anyone. The driver remained at the scene and worked with investigators, though he

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