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NY Roofing Contractor Fined for Falling Short on Fall Protection
Posted in workplace accidentsWorkplace Injuryworkplace safety The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) works to save workers’ lives throughout New York by fining employers who fail to...
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NY Company Fined for Noise Violations in the Workplace
Posted in workers compensationworkplace safety Recently, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that a Queens metal products manufacturer was cited and fined more than...
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What Football Can Teach White-collar Employees About Layoffs, Severance
Today’s post comes from guest author Jon Rehm, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore. With football season upon us, I would like to use football to explain some common situations that employees face. I get a...
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The Right to a Safe Workplace
Today’s post comes from guest author Todd Bennett, from Rehm, Bennett & Moore. Under federal law, every employee has the right to a safe workplace. If you believe your workplace is dangerous and...
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Are Forklifts Dangerous?
Today’s post comes from guest author Leonard Jernigan, from The Jernigan Law Firm. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) covers forklifts under the section called Powered...
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Tragic Cannery And Construction Site Deaths Highlight Need For Safety...
I was horrified when I recently read about a worker for a tuna company who was killed when he was cooked to death at the company’s California canning factory. According to the New York Daily News, the...
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OSHA Reports that Cost of Work-related Injuries are Shifting to Employees
Today’s post comes from guest author Leonard Jernigan, from The Jernigan Law Firm. Many decades ago, OSHA created workplace safety standards to help employees avoid injuries from dangerous working...
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Improving Construction Safety – A Path Reducing Unnecessary Injuries And Deaths
Partner Chris Latham Supports Construction Site Safety At City Hall Rally As an attorney who has represented thousands of injured workers in my career, I have seen first hand some of the serious and...
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Finding A Way Forward: How I Am Greeting The New Year With Optimism
I recently saw a quote that said “we are all just a car crash, a diagnosis, an unexpected phone call, a newfound love, or a broken heart away from becoming a completely different person. How...
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With Beautiful Snow Comes Dangerous Conditions
The New York metropolitan area recently got its first significant snow of the season and while it is not unusual to see snow in January, it is significant as it was part of a system that impacted much...
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