If asked what the most dangerous piece of heavy equipment is, many people would say cranes or other large, heavy equipment like excavators and backhoes. And while they would be correct, that doesn’t mean that smaller equipment pieces, like forklifts, don’t pose their...
You didn’t intend to get hurt at work, of course, but you recognize that it was your own error that led to the accident. Maybe you were told to use a handcart to move something heavy, for instance, but you thought it would be quicker to just pick it up. As you did,...
When you’ve been injured on the job, you have every right to be concerned about your future. After all, the bills don’t stop coming in just because you’re not working. Fortunately, New Jersey’s workers’ compensation system offers three different types of cash benefits...
In some cases, you can point to one mistake that appears to have caused a car accident, such as another driver running a stop sign and hitting your car. If they hadn’t made that error, you wouldn’t have been injured. There is some truth to this, of course, but it’s...
If you are working and suffer a head injury, you could go through many months or years of pain and suffering. A serious head injury may impact your ability to work or do your job. You may lose the ability to work completely in some cases. That’s why it’s important to...
What do office workers and manual laborers have in common? Answer: Repetitive stress injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome. These types of work-related injuries usually don't qualify as a personal injury lawsuit. However, understanding your rights under your state's...
As an industrial services worker, you likely have various workplace injury risks that you face. Your chances of developing an occupational disease are unpleasantly high. You can be exposed to hazardous materials through skin contact, ingestion or inhalation. The more...
Different jobs expose people to different workplace dangers. People who work in retail could get hurt when customers become violent with each other during a holiday sale or if there’s an armed robbery. A pizza delivery driver could get hurt in a car crash. First...
You can study car accidents from many different angles to find out why they happen. You can look at factors like the age of the drivers, whether or not they’re intoxicated, if they got distracted behind the wheel, and much more. But looking at these direct factors...
When working for someone else, there is always the worry you do something that will upset them and lose your job. It could lead you to hide incidents from your boss. If you try to hide an event that injures you, the consequences could be far worse than you fear. You...