New York Injury Law Firm News
Brooklyn Companies Fined after Fatal Accident
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited three Brooklyn companies after a 22-year-old worker was fatally injured on the job. In January, the young worker was pulled into an unguarded mixer at a tortilla manufacturing company. A July 29, 2011 article by EHS today reports three tortilla manufacturers now face a total of 34 …
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Memory Issues that Can Stem from Catastrophic Car Accidents
A serious head injury can have catastrophic consequences, such as loss of memory, depending on the location of the trauma and the severity of the damage. Victims may have to readjust to their life after such a devastating injury with a decreased ability to retain information or even become incapable of recalling past significant events …
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Defective Hip and Knee Replacement Lead to Unnecessary Surgery for Patients
It is common for potentially dangerous and defective products to get recalled, but what do you do when a medical device is recalled after it is put into a patient? DePuy Orthopedics recently had to recall some of their medical devices because of a defect that had the potential to leak chromium and cobalt, which …
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Ways to Prevent Roof Accidents
Construction employees who have to work on roofs are in constant danger of serious injury accidents. Some roofs are weak and are subject to sudden collapse. Other construction sites pose substantial falling hazards. During the hot summer months, construction workers have to deal with the heat with little to no shade. All of these conditions …
Stagehands Injured in Accident Involving Mechanical Lift
Two stagehands sustained injuries in an accident that involved a mechanical lift. According to The New York Post, the accident occurred backstage at the fifth-floor of the Rose Theater inside the Time Warner Center. The man and woman involved in the mechanical lift accident sustained non-life-threatening injuries and have been listed in stable condition. It …
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